South Carolina Seeks Non-CDC Help to Contain Growing Measles Outbreak

Thursday, February 26, 2026

A dozen public health experts are arriving in South Carolina to help the state contain the largest U.S. measles outbreak in more than 30 years, but they're not coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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South Carolina has requested urgent assistance with handling the measles outbreak there. They did not request it from RFK Jr.'s moribund CDC, but rather the CDC Foundation, which is a nonprofit that is independent of the U.S. government. RFK Jr. continues to do NOTHING about this outbreak.

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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. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-24 03:28 PM | Reply

How has Sec RFK, Jr demolished health in the US?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-24 09:10 PM | Reply

Apropos?

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#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-25 01:28 AM | Reply

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.

Of course, he isn't. Any statement made would have to acknowledge the predictable results of his taking his grift to Washington.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-25 10:09 AM | Reply

How do you get through to MAGA dumfux who gobble horse paste?

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-25 10:25 AM | Reply

"They did not request it from RFK Jr.'s moribund CDC, but rather the CDC Foundation"

So Republicans need to look like they're against the big bad CDC, but when reality hits they need help from a lesser organization that's also called the CDC. You just can't make this stuff up.

#6 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-02-26 12:32 PM | Reply

"Growing Measles Outbreak"

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-26 01:58 PM | Reply