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Tichnor Brothers, Inc., Boston / Wikimedia (Public domain)South Carolina Ends 997-Case Measles Outbreak After Six Months of Containment
South Carolina public health officials declared an end to a measles outbreak that infected 997 people over six months. The state marked 42 days without new cases, though pockets of low immunity persist. Nationwide, over 1,700 measles cases have been confirmed this year amid multi…
The Boston GlobeSouth Carolina Measles Outbreak Highlights Risks to Unvaccinated Infants and Declining National Rates
A measles outbreak in South Carolina has reached nearly 1,000 cases, the worst in the US in over 35 years, leaving infants too young for vaccination particularly vulnerable. Vaccination rates have fallen below the 95% threshold needed for herd immunity, with state legislation pro…
Substrate placeholder — needs review · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)Measles Vaccination Rates Decline Across British Columbia Regions from 2015 to 2024
An analysis by CBC News of data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control shows measles immunization rates for children seven and under fell in every region of British Columbia between 2015 and 2024. Provincewide, the rate for seven-year-olds dropped from 90 percent to 70 percent.…