The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) has reported a confirmed case of measles in an adult Beaufort County resident, unrelated to an earlier case reported in Hampton County.
The department said the person’s vaccination status is unconfirmed, and they did not have immunity from a previous measles infection. No other information was provided about the person’s location or identity.
Earlier this year, the measles outbreak centered in Spartanburg County was the largest the United States has seen since the illness was declared eliminated 25 years ago, with cases rising to nearly 1,000 from October 2025 to March 2026…