This article originally appeared in the Off-Script print issue, in stands November 2025. It has not been updated and some information may be out of date.
Utah is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in decades, according to state health officials. Counties hit the hardest experienced a significant decrease in childhood vaccinations following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clarissa Keisling, vaccine-preventable disease coordinator for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said “we haven’t seen an outbreak this big in decades.”…