HEALTH

U.S. Measles Cases Hit Three-Decade High

With a Texas outbreak declared over nearly two months ago, measles is still spreading nationwide: the CDC has confirmed 1,563 cases this year, the most in more than three decades. Dr. Paul Offit says the true toll may approach 5,000. South Carolina has quarantined more than 150 unvaccinated students after exposures; state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell warns of active, unrecognized community transmission and urges vaccination. Utah’s border-region outbreak has reached 55 cases, with six hospitalizations and wastewater signs of wider spread; Arizona reports 63, Minnesota 20. The CDC counts 44 outbreaks in 41 states, mostly among the unvaccinated.

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