New York Reports Measles-Associated Death of Child Amid Outbreak
A child's death in Lewis County is associated with an ongoing measles outbreak, according to ABC News and Fox News.
New York state reported a measles-associated death of a child amid an ongoing outbreak, according to ABC News. The child died in Lewis County, the network reported, and health officials said the death was associated with the outbreak.
Fox News reported that the death of the child in Lewis County marks New York's first measles-associated death in more than 30 years. The network's headline described the death as occurring amid the outbreak.
Fox News also reported that Gov. Kathy Hochul urged people to get their vaccinations, a call that accompanied its account of the death.
The two reports differ in emphasis. ABC News's title and summary describe the death and the outbreak without characterizing it as the first of its kind in the state, while Fox News states that it is New York's first measles-associated death in more than 30 years. Each outlet's account rests on the same reported death in Lewis County.
Neither ABC News nor Fox News, in the reports reviewed for this account, gave the child's age, the date of the death, or the number of other cases in the outbreak. Further details were not available from the summaries of either report.
Sources: ABC News: New York state reports measles-associated death in child amid outbreak; Fox News: Child’s measles death marks New York state’s first in more than 30 years amid outbreak.