South Carolina children who are unvaccinated continue to fall prey to the highly infectious measles virus as it spreads among Spartanburg County schools and flares around the community. Read more
Postandcourier - Dec 26
As measles continues to spread, state health officials will be offering a briefing on the outbreak Thursday afternoon. Read more
Salt Lake City - Dec 11
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said. Read more
The New York Times - Dec 11
South Carolina health officials said mobile vaccination clinics have been deployed, but admitted that only a “small number of doses” were administered at the sites Read more
The Independent - Dec 11
The person refused to even tell health officials their address. Read more
Ars Technica - Oct 31
The outbreak has affected parts of northwest Arizona and southwest Utah. Some have been hospitalized. Read more
Las-vegas Review Journal - Oct 31
South Carolina and in particular the Upstate has seen declining vaccination rates in recent years and the measles outbreak resulted. Misinformation spread by social media is fueling the lower rate. Read more
Postandcourier - Oct 29
Declining vaccination rates are fueling another measles outbreak -- this time in South Carolina. Dozens of unvaccinated students are now under a 21-day quarantine as health officials race to contain the spread. Cristian Benavides reports. Read more
Cbs News - Oct 16
Health officials have confirmed 16 measles cases in South Carolina since July, and dozens of students are quarantining at home amid growing concern about the outbreak. CBS News' Cristian Benavides reports. Read more
Cbs News - Oct 15
A measles outbreak has hit a southern state as reported cases reach the highest they've been since vaccination efforts expanded in 1993. Read more
Mail Online - Oct 04
