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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling complications after measles outbreak

South Carolina children who have contracted cases of the measles virus in recent months have also been affected by a worrying and sometimes deadly complication, the state’s epidemiologist said Wednesday.

Some have developed an inflammatory brain condition known as encephalitis, which refers to swelling in the brain that can cause seizures, intellectual disability or even death.

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