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US exceeds 1,900 measles cases as outbreaks expand

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said the United States has 1,912 confirmed measles cases so far in ...

Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks

In Arizona and Utah, an outbreak has ballooned since August. Mohave County, Arizona has logged 172 cases and the Southwest ...

Major measles outbreak leads to hundreds quarantined in US county, officials say

A South Carolina measles outbreak reaches 111 cases in Spartanburg County, with 254 quarantined. Health officials urge ...
Truthout

Utah’s Measles Outbreak Is Among the Largest in the US. It May Get Worse.

For the first time in decades, the US may lose a designation indicating that outbreaks are rare and rapidly contained.
KPCW

Measles outbreaks could cost US its 25-year elimination status

The World Health Organization considers measles eliminated if a country goes a year without continuous local transmission.

S.C. sees more measles cases as virus flares across U.S.

Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. Many of ...
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The Texas Tribune on MSNOpinion

If Texas measles outbreak is still spreading, U.S. could lose measles-free status, scientists say

One study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.