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April 29, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm What we learned from South Carolina’s measles outbreak The recent measles outbreak in South Carolina sickened nearly 1,000 people before public health officials got it under control. Vaccination can effectively prevent further spread By Tanya Lewis edited by Claire Cameron A fact sheet

One year ago this week, a case of measles was recorded in Gaines County, Texas. It was the start of an outbreak that killed two children and sickened at least 760 people. Thousands more in the U.S. have contracted measles since. In April, the Pan American Health Organization, an offshoot of the World Health Organization

B.C. North Six months after a measles outbreak first began in northeast B.C., Northern Health says the virus will continue to circulate in the region well into 2026, prolonging the strain on healthcare workers and keeping vulnerable people at risk. Immunizations increased 202 per cent year-over-year in October, according to Northern Health Matt Preprost ·

A large measles outbreak in Texas that has affected 762 people has now ended, according to an announcement Monday by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The agency says it has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in any of the counties that previously showed evidence of ongoing transmission.

The growing measles outbreak in the U.S. has in three months infected 378 people in 18 states — more than the number of total cases in the country last year.Why it matters: The outbreak comes at a time of dropping vaccination rates and declining trust in public health institutions...

America's new top health official said the measles vaccine 'causes deaths every year' and 'all the illnesses measles itself causes' Published Mar 14, 2025 Last updated Mar 15, 2025 7 minute read U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been giving opinions on measles vaccination that have health experts rattled. Photo

Skip to Main Content Health State health officials have said this outbreak is Texas’ largest in nearly 30 years. A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. AP Photo/Julio Cortez By DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press February 26, 2025 1 minute to

In early February, Texas health officials reported that measles was spreading among an insular religious community in Gaines County, Texas, where nearly 14 percent of schoolchildren have an exemption (granted in some states for reasons of conscience, including for religious beliefs) from the required childhood vaccinations. The disease has since been detected in a bordering