South Carolina says the nation’s worst measles outbreak in three decades is finally over

NewsHealthSouth Carolina says the nation’s worst measles outbreak in three decades is finally over932 of the 997 people who fell ill in the state were unvaccinatedJulia Musto in New York Monday 27 April 2026 22:49 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2965906","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-us-b2965906.html","title":"South Carolina says its measles outbreak – the worst of the year – is finally over"}}CloseTexas measles outbreak is growingSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in healthGet our free Health Check emailGet our free Health Check emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Health_Newsletter","regTitle":"Health Check","subscriptionGroup":"health","subscriptionGroupId":"a476a40b-80d6-475e-83ee-36e2c8c6dcb9","type":"health","pathPrefix":["/news/health","/news/science"],"associatedAuthors":["Rebecca Thomas"],"title":"Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health","mobileTitle":"Get our free Health Check email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/healthCheck1_1.png","description":"Behind the headline review on the week in health","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyHealthNews","regSourceSection":"Health","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}South Carolina’s measles outbreak – the worst in the U.S. in 35 years – is finally over, public health officials said Monday.The outbreak sicke...