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counties, a trend that's accelerated in the last few years.
The epicenter of the outbreak is in Spartanburg County, which is in the northwest part of South Carolina.
Most of the cases are kids and teens who are unvaccinated.
Officials say exposures have happened in lots of public places, including schools, churches, restaurants, and healthcare settings.
The vaccination rate in Spartanburg County is 90%, which is under the 95% threshold considered necessary to prevent measles outbreaks.
The county also has a relatively high rate of non-medical exemptions to school vaccination requirements.
These kinds of exemptions have been growing in the majority of U.S.
counties, a trend that's accelerated in the last few years.
The canceled grants involved initiatives in multiple areas of child health, including reducing sudden infant death, early identification of autism, and prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
In a statement to NPR, Mark Del Monte, the CEO of AAP, said, quote, the sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth,
and their families in communities across the United States.
He said the American Academy of Pediatrics is exploring all available options, including legal recourse to address the grant terminations.
HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The study found the more often people visited the tanning bed, the higher the risk.
Those with 10 to 50 visits had twice the risk of melanoma.
If they had over 200 visits, their risk was more than eight times as high.