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Health officials in South Carolina are warning that the highly infectious measles virus is spreading undetected in communities in the northern part of the state, specifically Spartanburg and Greenville counties. Last week, officials in Greenville identified an eighth measles case that is potentially linked to the outbreak. Seven outbreak cases had been confirmed since September 25 in neighboring Spartanburg, where …

Officials in New Jersey have issued a warning about rabid animals in a southern county neighboring Philadelphia. The county’s sixth animal to be confirmed rabid was a skunk that interacted with two dogs in a resident’s backyard. Officials in Gibbsboro, Camden County, stated that the skunk did not injure the dogs, which could have infected them with the rabies virus, …