Measles outbreak hits South Carolina
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US set to lose measles elimination status: The 'house is on fire'
South Carolina this week quarantined at least 254 people after confirming more than two dozen measles cases in the state.
Scientists are warning that the ongoing measles outbreak might force the United States to lose its elimination status for the first time in decades. The big picture: For 25 years, the U.S. has been free of yearly measles outbreaks.
The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state's worst in nearly 30 years. State health officials said Friday in a news release that those who are infected are either ...
Texas this year has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals and led to the death of two unvaccinated children.
Scientists are determining whether multi-state outbreaks are linked to the West Texas outbreak that started earlier this year.
Texas health officials on Aug. 18 declared the end of a measles outbreak that had sickened more than 760 people across the state and killed two children. Doctors and public-health officials involved in the outbreak, most of whom had previously never ...
The outbreak in Texas may be over, but as vaccination rates continue to drop, officials caution “I don’t think this is the end at all” Getty Texas officials have declared the end of the state’s measles outbreak — which began in January — as ...
The Connecticut Department of Public Health today said it has confirmed a case of measles in a Fairfield County child who is younger than 10 years old. It is the first cases of measles confirmed in the state in more than four years, according to DPH.
The United States is facing its second surge in measles cases. Large outbreaks in Utah, Arizona and South Carolina are continuing to grow. CNN is tracking the cases.