South Carolina’s measles outbreak – the worst in the U.S. in 35 years – is finally over, public health officials said Monday.
The outbreak sickened 997 people, most of whom were unvaccinated children aged 5-11. The same pattern was seen nationwide, with the majority of America’s measles cases in unvaccinated individuals. Vaccine hesitancy and misinformation have helped to fuel these outbreaks, threatening America’s decades-long elimination status.
