US EditionSouth Carolina's Measles Outbreak Is over After Sickening Nearly 1,000 People
State officials said nearly 1,000 cases and 21 hospitalizations ended after 42 days without a new infection.
- On Monday, South Carolina health officials declared the state's measles outbreak over, the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years, after reaching the required 42-day threshold of no new cases on Sunday.
- Centered in Spartanburg County, the outbreak sickened 997 people since October, with at least 21 hospitalizations; Dr. Edward Simmer, interim director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, credited containment to timely investigations.
- Public health workers administered nearly 82,000 vaccines from October to March, while containment efforts included sending nearly 2,300 quarantine letters and making more than 1,670 case investigation calls.
- Martha Edwards, president of the South Carolina chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, expressed "gratitude and anger," saying the disease "should have been nearly 100% preventable," while Dr. Brannon Traxler warned South Carolinians not to "let our guard down."
- The United States has logged 1,792 measles cases and 22 new outbreaks this year, with ongoing, large-scale spread across Utah and Arizona where genetic analysis suggests the outbreak may have started six weeks earlier than initially reported.
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S.C.: Measles outbreak ends after nearly 1,000 cases
OAN Staff Jenna Lee 4:58 PM – Monday, April 27, 2026 South Carolina health officials officially declared an end to the state’s measles outbreak on Monday, marking the conclusion of a public health crisis that sickened 997 people. Emerging in October 2025, the cluster became the largest of its kind…
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South Carolina's measles outbreak, which became the largest in the nation in decades, came to an end Sunday, April 26, 2026. (iStock / Getty Images Plus)COLUMBIA — The nation’s largest measles outbreak in decades came to an end Sunday, after more than a month without sickening anyone, according to the state health department. The six-month outbreak infected 997 people, including at least 21 who required hospitalization, according to health depar…
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