A fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina, now the largest in recent U.S. history, has broken the record in the contagious disease reported in Texas last year.
South Carolina's Department of Public Health announced that the number of confirmed cases has reached 789, eclipsing the record of 762 people falling ill in the 2025 Texas outbreak.
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