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... The South Carolina Department of Public Health told Reuters it has requested personnel from the nonprofit CDC Foundation instead. The foundation is an independent entity created by Congress to support the CDC through charitable contributions and grants from individuals, corporations and other organizations.

Dr. Linda Bell, South Carolina's epidemiologist, said the foundation will provide at least 12 infectious disease experts to work full-time in the state for several months, "increasing our capacity for case investigation, contact tracing and data management." Some staff began working with South Carolina last week, according to the foundation, and more are scheduled to start next week. ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a history of anti-vaccine activism, has not made any major statements regarding the measles outbreak in South Carolina. ...