{"id":348491,"date":"2025-12-16T08:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348491\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:14:07","slug":"measles-outbreak-confirmed-at-saint-eustache-que-pediatric-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348491\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles outbreak confirmed at Saint-Eustache, Que., pediatric centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec public health officials have confirmed a measles outbreak linked to a pediatric medical centre in Saint-Eustache, Que.<\/p>\n<p>As of Dec. 15, at 9 a.m., officials linked three confirmed cases to the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The exposure site is listed as Up centre d&#8217;urgences p\u00e9diatriques Saint-Eustache, located at 375 Mathers Ave, Suite 200, in Saint-Eustache. <\/p>\n<p>Exposure time is estimated as Nov. 28, between 3:30 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. People who were at the medical centre that day and time are considered to have been exposed to measles. <\/p>\n<p>Exposed people should monitor their symptoms until Dec. 19, according to public health officials. <\/p>\n<p>The latest measles outbreak is the first in Quebec in months. The last outbreak occurred between December 2024 and April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec public health officials are investigating the outbreak in an attempt to discover its origins and identify people who have been exposed to measles.<\/p>\n<p>Measles is extremely contagious. Common symptoms include fever, runny nose and a characteristic red rash spreading across the body and lasting one to two weeks. It can lead to serious complications including pneumonia and brain inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>People at risk include babies under one year old, people with weakened immune systems and those who have not been sufficiently vaccinated against measles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-348491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}