Aubrey Whelan
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Reporter covering public health, addiction, hospital workforces, and other health stuff for @inquirer.com. Pronouns: she/her. South Philly forever. Contact me on Signal: aubreywhelan.73 https://www.inquirer.com/author/whelan_aubrey
In the last month, Pennsylvania health officials have announced four measles-associated deaths but have been tight-lipped about almost every detail, beyond sharing their county of residence and that all were unvaccinated. (1/3)
Why haven’t state officials revealed more about Pennsylvania’s measles deaths?
Pennsylvania’s health department has cited state privacy laws that they say prohibit them from releasing more information.
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The state’s measles outbreak is the largest in the country in 2026.
Pennsylvania measles cases near 800 in ongoing outbreak
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The state has now reported four measles-related deaths amid a growing outbreak that has sickened nearly 700 people this year.
Pennsylvania health officials confirm two new measles-associated deaths, bringing total to four as state outbreak grows
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Pennsylvania health officials have confirmed two more deaths associated with measles, bringing the state total to four deaths in 2026. Per county coroners, one decedent was a 40-year-old Jefferson County woman and the other an 18-year-old Mifflin County resident. www.inquirer.com/health/fourt...
Pennsylvania health officials confirm two new measles-associated deaths, bringing total to four as state outbreak grows
The state has now reported four measles-related deaths amid a growing outbreak that has sickened nearly 700 people this year.
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Pennsylvania has seen more than 670 measles cases this year. Today, state officials said they'd identified four cases in people who were vaccinated, a rare occurrence that becomes more likely in a large outbreak like Pennsylvania's. www.inquirer.com/health/measl...
Pa. reports measles cases in 4 vaccinated residents. These rare cases account for less than 1% of the spreading outbreak
Experts say breakthrough measles cases in vaccinated people are possible, but rare.
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Measles vaccination rates continue to decline in the Philadelphia area as an outbreak spreads across Pennsylvania.
New vaccination data shows hundreds of Philly-area schools vulnerable to a measles outbreak
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The deaths occurred in Lancaster County, the center of a major measles outbreak that has sickened nearly 400 people this year, state officials said. Both people were unvaccinated.
Pennsylvania reports two measles deaths in Lancaster County, state’s first in three decades
The deaths are the first associated with the highly contagious disease in Pennsylvania in 35 years and occurred amid a major measles outbreak that has sickened nearly 400 people this year.
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Inquirer reporter @aubreywhelan.bsky.social makes the case for keeping score by hand 📝
Why keeping score is the best way to watch baseball
Keeping score by hand is the best way to watch a baseball game and, to my eternal chagrin, hardly anyone does it anymore.
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📝 Keeping score by hand is the best way to watch a baseball game, according to Inquirer reporter @aubreywhelan.bsky.social. ⚾️ “It makes you feel like a part of the game in a way that you don't otherwise.” 🔗 www.inquirer.com/life/scoring...
I had the loveliest time making this video with my dear old dad!! (Also, contrary to his statements to the paper of record, he is much better at keeping score than me.)
Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · last mo.📝 Keeping score by hand is the best way to watch a baseball game, according to Inquirer reporter @aubreywhelan.bsky.social. ⚾️ “It makes you feel like a part of the game in a way that you don't otherwise.” 🔗 www.inquirer.com/life/scoring...
HHS cut funding without warning for a teen pregnancy prevention program in Philly -- despite approving its curriculum last year, nonprofit leaders say: www.inquirer.com/health/acces...
Federal officials abruptly cut funding for a teen pregnancy prevention program in Philadelphia
AccessMatters was one of dozens of organizations around the country that had received funding under a federal teen pregnancy prevention grant program.
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Hosting clinics in advance of a new school year has been a tradition for health departments. But vaccination efforts have extra urgency this year: Measles cases have reached their highest rate in more than 30 years in Pennsylvania, with a total of 142 cases reported as of Monday.
Delaware County launches vaccine campaign as Pa. measles cases reach highest level in more than 30 years
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Downed trees came following a series of four “microbursts,” which brought wind gusts traveling 60 to 70 miles per hour to the region. Those isolated instances of high winds primarily impacted parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery County. (1/3)
Philly’s trees sustained unprecedented damage in the microburst storms, Parks commissioner says
Isolated instances of high winds primarily impacted parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, knocking down hundreds of trees within minutes.
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Every tent at FDR Park's long-running Southeast Asian Market was damaged in Saturday's microburst storm. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
The Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park sustained heavy damage from Saturday’s storm
A sudden, violent storm on Saturday afternoon sent vendors running for cover and damaged tents and merchandise at the long-running outdoor market in South Philadelphia.
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The latest cases show measles is circulating, especially in western Chester County, health officials say.
Two more measles cases confirmed in Chester County
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Lancaster County has emerged as a particular hot spot, with 51 of the 89 total measles cases reported this year in the state.
Inside Pa.’s measles outbreak: a family rides out the virus, doctors treat severely ill children
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Two measles cases have been confirmed in Chester County, the first in the Philly region this summer. Overall, there have been 88 cases confirmed in PA this year, more than five times the cases reported in 2025. www.inquirer.com/health/chest...
Two measles cases reported in Chester County, widening spread in Southeastern Pennsylvania
The cases identified in Chester County this week are the first confirmed in the Philadelphia region since the winter.
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Trump had signed an order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the US to undocumented immigrants.
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in momentous immigration ruling
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Philadelphia hasn’t had three straight 100-degree days in 33 years.
Philly is under an ‘extreme heat’ warning as temperatures could hit 100 on three consecutive days
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Some updates on Pennsylvania's measles outbreak, which has hospitalized several people and sickened 72 since April. www.inquirer.com/health/measl...
Pennsylvania health officials address measles outbreak: ‘We will not slow down until this ... is over.’
Vaccination is the best defense against the highly contagious disease, health officials stressed at a Friday news conference in Lancaster.
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As Pennsylvania's measles outbreak spreads to six counties, state health officials are urging early vaccination for infants who live in or travel to affected areas: www.inquirer.com/health/measl...
Measles detected in two more counties in Pennsylvania as health department recommends early vaccination
The state health department is now recommending early measles vaccinations for infants in affected areas in an effort to protect them against the spread of the highly contagious disease.
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“By this Friday, 53 measles cases had been detected in four counties in Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania, the state’s biggest outbreak in more than 30 years… Lancaster, which has some of the lowest kindergarten vaccination rates in the state, has been a hot spot all year”
In Lancaster, measles cases are rising as providers try to combat low vaccination rates
Local doctors say they’re worried that even more cases are spreading under the radar in under-vaccinated pockets of Lancaster County, where 31 cases have been detected.
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Local doctors say they’re worried that even more cases are spreading under the radar in under-vaccinated pockets of Lancaster County, where 31 cases have been detected.
In Lancaster, measles cases are rising as providers try to combat low vaccination rates
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Thousands of visitors, declining measles vaccine rates, and a growing number of cases poses an outbreak risk, experts say.
How Philadelphia is preparing for measles and other disease outbreaks during FIFA World Cup events
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“In Lancaster, measles cases are rising as providers try to combat low vaccination rates: Local doctors say they’re worried that even more cases are spreading under the radar in under-vaccinated pockets of Lancaster County, where 31 cases have been detected.”
In Lancaster, measles cases are rising as providers try to combat low vaccination rates
Local doctors say they’re worried that even more cases are spreading under the radar in under-vaccinated pockets of Lancaster County, where 31 cases have been detected.
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