South Carolina is experiencing a measles outbreak, and we’re wondering if North Carolina will start to see that here soon too.
The News & Observer spoke with Dr. David Weber (Medical Director of UNC Medical Center’s Department of Infection Prevention) and Dr. David Wohl (Professor of Medicine in UNC’s Division of Infectious Diseases) to learn more about the current measles outbreak and North Carolina’s risk.
Is measles in NC?
North Carolina does not currently have any confirmed measles cases, according to the NC Department of Health & Human Services’ website (as of Friday, Dec. 12 afternoon).
A measles case was confirmed this summer. Before that, a case was confirmed fall 2024, but there were no reported cases from 2019 to 2023, per NCDHHS.
Could NC see a measles outbreak?
It’s very likely North Carolina will begin to see measles cases over the next few weeks, Weber said…