Measles Death Tally: A Numbers Game in a Pandemic of Misinformation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recent decision to switch from tracking measles deaths through its National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) to using data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has raised more questions than answers.
The move, announced without explanation on September 4th, is less about public health and more about politics.
The change in methodology has significant implications, particularly given the current measles outbreak in Pennsylvania. Dr.