Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant community

Virginia has high vaccination rates. Why do we have a large measles outbreak?

With 141 measles cases statewide as of June 30, Virginia is now among the top five states with the highest number of measles cases this year, along with South Carolina, Utah, Texas and Florida. Out of these 141 cases, 118 are from an outbreak in Buckingham County that was first announced by health officials in May and has since spread to Cumberland County. In 2000, the World Health Organization declared measles eradicated in the U.S., as the Mea…

Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant community

Healthbeat reports on the largest U.S. measles outbreak in decades, stemming from a vaccine-hesitant Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking community in South Carolina, resulting in 997 infections.

VDH reporting some more cases of measles in outbreak

Virginia has now seen 145 cases of measles so far this year, and 84 percent of the cases are associated with the ongoing outbreak in Buckingham and Cumberland counties.

Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant community - Stateline Publications

Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant communityThe first case in what would become the largest U.S. measles outbreak in decades was a parent in South Carolina’s Upstate region near Spartanburg.The next seven people to fall ill were all children. Three of them were being cared for at home — limiting their ability to spread the highly contagious measles virus to others.But the children who bec…

Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant community - Hillsboro Sentry Enterprise

Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant communityThe first case in what would become the largest U.S. measles outbreak in decades was a parent in South Carolina’s Upstate region near Spartanburg.The next seven people to fall ill were all children. Three of them were being cared for at home — limiting their ability to spread the highly contagious measles virus to others.But the children who bec…

Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant community - The Mexico Ledger

Inside the largest US measles outbreak in decades: Records reveal spread in vaccine-hesitant communityThe first case in what would become the largest U.S. measles outbreak in decades was a parent in South Carolina’s Upstate region near Spartanburg.The next seven people to fall ill were all children. Three of them were being cared for at home — limiting their ability to spread the highly contagious measles virus to others.But the children who bec…