{"id":392566,"date":"2026-01-06T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392566\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:49:09","slug":"measles-exposure-flagged-at-montreal-childrens-hospital-er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392566\/","title":{"rendered":"Measles exposure flagged at Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital ER"},"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>The Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital is warning of a measles exposure in its emergency room.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the hospital, people who were in the pediatric emergency department (Glen B Block, Level S1) on Jan. 1 between 12:18 p.m. and 11:01 p.m. may have been exposed to the virus.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2025, public health officials recorded Quebec\u2019s first measles outbreak in months, with cases identified at locations in Montreal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeasles is a highly contagious viral infection that spreads through the air. Possible symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis and a widespread rash,\u201d the hospital said in a warning published on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone exposed could develop measles during the incubation period, between Jan. 6 and Jan. 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People who are not immune, whose immune status is uncertain or who are immunocompromised are asked to contact their health-care provider or call Info-Sant\u00e9, 811.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital says a person is considered immune to measles if they have received two doses of the measles vaccine or if they were born in 1970 or later.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital also advises that anyone exposed should avoid contact with people at higher risk, including infants under one year, pregnant people and people with weakened immune systems.\u00a0<\/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-392566","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\/392566","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=392566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392566\/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=392566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}