TOH edition: Friday, 25 September 2026 · Health & Medicine
Around the Kitchen Table: Nurses Driving Door to Door Have Vaccinated Amish Families as Pennsylvania Fights Its Deadliest Measles Outbreak
Reported by BBC News
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As Pennsylvania battles the deadliest measles outbreak in recent US history, Chester County nurse Dale Weiser has vaccinated around 100 people in their own homes, many in Amish families without health insurance. The state health department says it has administered nearly 4,300 MMR vaccines at pop-up clinics near the outbreak's epicentre since late April. The state has reported four measles-related deaths.
Trust built one household at a time is reaching communities the health system rarely touches — the practical answer to falling vaccination rates.
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