U.S. measles outbreak may have helped to spike vaccination rates

By Deidre Mcphillips
The Philadelphia Tribune
https://www.phillytrib.com/

The measles outbreak in South Carolina — the largest the United States has had in decades — has ended, state health officials announced last week.

There were nearly 1,000 confirmed cases over about six months, including at least 21 hospitalizations. No new cases associated with the outbreak have been reported in more than 42 days, the state health department said, marking two incubation periods — the time it would take to get sick after being exposed to the virus — without any transmission.