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The South Carolina Department of Public Health announced Friday one new case of measles in the Upstate, bringing the total number of cases reported in the state this year to 47.

The update brings the total number of people who have gotten sick in the current outbreak to 43 and the total confirmed in South Carolina this year to 46.

The South Carolina Department of Health announced Tuesday that there have been no new confirmed cases of measles in the state since Friday. However, state health officials continue to urge caution due to increased reports in the United States.

The latest report from the South Carolina Department of Public Health brings the total number of measles cases in the state this year to 37.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health announced Tuesday eight new confirmed cases in the Upstate—bringing the total number of cases in the state this year to 33.

A meeting Tuesday of South Carolina lawmakers considering how to best counter future pandemics was dominated by vaccine skeptics pushing concerns about COVID-19 immunizations that are unaccepted by the greater medical community.

Gov. Henry McMaster said Friday that he doesn't want the federal government sending people door-to-door to convince residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, joining a growing number of Republican state politicians opposing the strategy.

People who get vaccinated against COVID-19 at South Carolina breweries this month will receive a free beer as part of an effort to get shots into the arms of young adults, the health department announced Thursday.

On this edition of the South Carolina Lede for May 18, 2021, we discuss the latest South Carolina political news, speak with a cybersecurity expert about the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, hear how parents feel now that adolescents as young as 12-years-old are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines, and more.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Marvella Ford about the increased vulnerability and mortality from COVID-19 among people of color in S.C., and the…