Measles
As federal vaccine guidance shifts, public health funding faces uncertainty, and a measles outbreak grows in S.C., Georgia’s public health oversight board hasn't met since September.
Nearly all of those infected have been children and teens, and nearly all have been unvaccinated, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.
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Other gaps in protection against the highly contagious disease include access to hard-to-reach clinics and ‘social determinants of vaccination.’
Losing its measles-free status could be expensive for the U.S. A new study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year, with 762 cases and 99 hospitalizations, costs about $12.6 million.
The county health agency identified the first measles case Sept. 10 in the student, who had spent time on campus, at a Sweetgreen eatery at Ponce City Market, and local soccer practices and games.
Chikungunya, a virus spread by mosquitoes, is very rare in the United States. The last locally transmitted cases occurred in 2015.
Earlier this month, the DPH reported that an unvaccinated person who had spent time on the Georgia State campus, at Inter Atlanta FC soccer practices and games, and at a Sweetgreen restaurant at Ponce City Market had measles.
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The Atlanta case announced Friday is the year's seventh in Georgia, prompting a massive contract tracing investigation.
Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks in the U.S. and Mexico. These linked outbreaks have sickened more than 4,500 and killed at least 16.
Lower immunization rates raise concerns as children return to school this week, and the U.S. sees the highest number of measles cases since the early 1990s.
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The United States has had 1,319 confirmed cases of measles this year, according to the CDC. It’s the largest outbreak in the United States since 1992.
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The outbreak began after one relative living in metro Atlanta contracted measles abroad. The first case was confirmed in May, followed by a second family member earlier this month.
The new case involves a metro Atlanta resident who is related to a person who acquired measles abroad. Neither had been vaccinated.
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Primary and urgent care clinics are often the first to see measles outbreaks, but most are insufficiently prepared. Many doctors practicing today have never seen a case.
The person contracted the disease while traveling internationally. State officials are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to measles through contact with this person between May 10 and May 18.