Overview
- The CDC reports at least 171 measles cases across nine states so far in 2026, with Georgia, Oregon, and Virginia logging their first cases of the year in recent days.
- South Carolina’s outbreak has climbed to about 434 cases with 409 people in quarantine, and health officials say they are losing the ability to trace infections.
- State officials in South Carolina are deploying a mobile health unit in the Spartanburg area to provide free MMR vaccinations as exposures continue.
- Utah has confirmed 201 cases, including 147 in the southwest region, with spread into Summit County where a school exposure was reported; 185 of those infected were unvaccinated.
- A Southwest Utah official says the state’s cases are linked to the Texas strain identified last year, and CDC data show about 95% of U.S. patients are unvaccinated or of unknown status.