Overview

• At least 153 unvaccinated students in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, are in 21-day quarantine after school exposures, with state officials warning of active, unrecognized community transmission.
• Minnesota reported two additional infections to reach 20 cases this year, with recent infections in children likely linked to an unvaccinated adult source.
• Utah wastewater testing indicates wider measles circulation than case counts reflect, with 55 cases reported in the state and 63 in neighboring Arizona; Utah has recorded six hospitalizations.
• The U.S. has confirmed 1,563 cases and 44 outbreaks this year, the highest national count in more than three decades, according to the CDC.
• National kindergarten MMR coverage has fallen to about 92.5% as exemptions rise to 3.6%, with most cases in unvaccinated people, roughly one in eight requiring hospitalization, and at least three deaths reported.