As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability

The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2121x1414+0+0/resize/2121x1414!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1b%2Fc0%2Fb7f0eecf4341827759d2a40ec4ca%2Fgettyimages-1412593493.jpg' alt='David J. Sencer CDC Museum at the Edward R. Roybal campus, the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. CDC is the national public health agency of the United States, under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).'/><p>The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.</p><p>(Image credit: hapabapa/Getty Images)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5950002' />