It’s been more than 20 years since the U.S. declared measles eliminated in 2000. Now, as of this week, South Carolina has 950 cases of measles, the largest outbreak since then.
Cases in SC keep increasing, months after the outbreak started in Oct. around Spartanburg County.
There were over 2,000 reported measles cases in the U.S. in 2025. And so far, more than 900 cases have been confirmed across the nation since the start of 2026. More than half of the new 2026 cases were from South Carolina…