2026 • Jan 15
SC measles outbreak has gone berserk: 124 cases since Friday, 409 quarantined
On Jan. 6, there were 211 cases. The outbreak, which began in October, is now at 434. ...
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2026 • Jan 10
Measles continues raging in South Carolina; 99 new cases since Tuesday
With so many exposures sites, officials can't figure out where people were infected. ...
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2026 • Jan 03
Healthy 18-year-old welder nearly died of anthrax—the 9th such puzzling case
"Welder's Anthrax" was first coined in 2022, when seven cases had been identified. ...
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2025 • Dec 10
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week. ...
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2025 • Nov 27
Four-inch worm hatches in woman’s forehead, wriggles to her eyelid
The parasite, typically found in dogs, was visibly moving under her skin. ...
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2025 • Nov 19
CDC data confirms US is 2 months away from losing measles elimination status
Elimination status is lost if the virus spreads continuously for 12 months. ...
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2025 • Sep 12
Child dies of horrifying measles complication in Los Angeles
SSPE is a rare but always fatal disease that destroys a child's brain. ...
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2025 • Aug 23
Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s
The bacterium is known to live in Mississippi, but the new cases may expand its range. ...
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