Upstate South Carolina Confirms More Measles Cases

the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) recently confirmed it is actively responding to a measles outbreak in the Upstate region.

As of October 21, 2025, DPH is reporting 23 cases of measles since early July, centered around Spartanburg County, home to over 320,000 people.

To date, all confirmed measles cases have been in unvaccinated individuals.

DPH wrote in a press release, "There has been a rise in measles cases in the Upstate this year, with most concentrated in Spartanburg County."

"Some cases are travel-related exposures or close contacts of known cases. Other cases have no identified source, suggesting that measles is circulating in the community and could spread further."

"We have seen measles spread quickly in unvaccinated households here in South Carolina."

"We also know that it can spread quickly in unvaccinated communities based on outbreaks in other states."

In response to the ongoing measles outbreak, DPH has activated its Mobile Health Unit to offer measles-mumps-rubella vaccine to unvaccinated individuals at no cost.