8 Months, 997 Cases, $2.1M Spent: South Carolina Measles Outbreak by the Numbers

8 months, 997 cases, $2.1M spent: South Carolina measles outbreak by the numbers

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) - State officials declared on Monday an end to a nearly year-long outbreak of measles across the Upstate. The outbreak was the largest since 1991 when over 1,400 people, mostly children, caught the disease and nine died as a result of complications from measles. No deaths were reported in the Upstate outbreak, [...]

8 months, 997 cases, $2.1M spent: Upstate measles outbreak by the numbers

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) - State officials declared on Monday an end to a nearly year-long outbreak of measles across the Upstate. The outbreak was the largest since 1991 when over 1,400 people, mostly children, caught the disease and nine died as a result of complications from measles. No deaths were reported in the Upstate outbreak, [...]

Does measles outbreak risk still exist nationwide?

South Carolina measles outbreak over, but new outbreaks continue South Carolina officials have declared the state’s measles outbreak over , after a major resurgence that infected nearly 1,000 people —the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years. However, health experts are also flagging that…

South Carolina Just Had Its Worst Measles Outbreak in 35 Years in America

South Carolina declared an end on Monday to the largest measles outbreak in the United States in more than 35 years — a six-month crisis that infected nearly 1,000 people, hospitalized at least 21, and shook the confidence of public health officials nationwide. The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed that 42 consecutive days had passed without a new confirmed case linked to the outbreak — the threshold that indicates a chain of …