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65% of Arizona's 2025 cases were in children, and it is 60% for Utah.
Each state had more than 150 cases last year.
For NPR News, I'm Luis Alfredo Garcia in Columbia, South Carolina.
State health officials say the count of in-state cases related to the outbreak is up to 185, and it's in a county that borders North Carolina.
The county has the lowest school vaccination rate of any county in South Carolina.
Exposure spreads throughout households and schools for the most part, but it is affecting kids at a higher rate than cases in other states with current outbreaks.
South Carolina's Department of Public Health reports about 90 percent of its 2025 measles cases were in children.
Cases in the outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border are not as child-heavy.
65% of Arizona's 2025 cases were in children, and it is 60% for Utah.
Each state had more than 150 cases last year.
For NPR News, I'm Luis Alfredo Garcia in Columbia, South Carolina.
State health officials say the count of in-state cases related to the outbreak is up to 185, and it's in a county that borders North Carolina.
The county has the lowest school vaccination rate of any county in South Carolina.
Exposure spreads throughout households and schools for the most part, but it is affecting kids at a higher rate than cases in other states with current outbreaks.
South Carolina's Department of Public Health reports about 90 percent of its 2025 measles cases were in children.
Cases in the outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border are not as child-heavy.
65% of Arizona's 20-25 cases were in children, and it is 60% for Utah.
Each state had more than 150 cases last year.
For NPR News, I'm Luis Alfredo Garcia in Columbia, South Carolina.