CDC has confirmed 1,618 cases this year, with 22 more cases reported this week. This marks the highest number of cases in the U.S. since 1992. The South Carolina Department of Public Health has confirmed four additional measles cases in Spartanburg County, raising the state’s total number this year to 23. Measles rates remain high in Utah and Arizona. Of the 1,618 cases nationwide, 87% are part of 43 outbreaks of three or more related cases. Twelve percent of cases have required hospitalization, including 95 children under the age of five years old. Three people have died. Of cases in the U.S., 92% involve unvaccinated people or those with unknown vaccination status.Full Story
XENIA, OH -- The Greene County Safe Communities program reports five fatal crashes in the fourth quarter of the grant’s fiscal year, 2025 (July - September), bringing the total to fourteen (14) fatal crashes for the fiscal year, resulting in fifteen (15) deaths. Read the full press release using the link below.Full Story
XENIA, OH — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Greene County Public Health’s Safe Communities Coalition want to remind everyone: If You Feel Different, You Drive Different. Driving while high or drug-impaired is dangerous and can be deadly. This Halloween, make sure you plan ahead for a sober ride home.Full Story