BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) — Berkeley High School reportedly sent out a warning following a possible exposure to mumps on campus.<\/p>\n
Parents were notified by the principal and city health department that staff, parents and students who were at the school on February 2 may have been exposed, according to the Berkeleyside<\/a>.<\/p>\n The city’s health department is now investigating.<\/p>\n Berkeleyside also reported that there was also an exposure at Sylvia Mendez Elementary on Jan. 14 and Jan. 15.<\/p>\n “All evidence indicates that this mumps exposure is contained within a single household unit with incomplete Mumps vaccination status which had exposure to mumps outside of California during the winter holiday,” the letter obtained by Berkeleyside said<\/a>. “There is no evidence of community transmission of Mumps in City of Berkeley.”<\/p>\n MORE: Over 2K measles cases reported in US in 2025, most in more than 30 years<\/a><\/p>\n “If you or your child are susceptible and were exposed to mumps infection at Berkeley High School, symptoms may develop between 2\/14\/2026 – 2\/27\/2026. Earlier exposure at Sylvia Mendez Elementary School occurring around the winter holidays has been resolved, and the exposure window for Sylvia Mendez Elementary has closed,” the letter said<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there were 348 cases of mumps reported across the country in 2025.<\/p>\n The possible exposure comes as the U.S. vaccination rates have dropped among children with exemptions reaching an all-time high.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) — Berkeley High School reportedly sent out a warning following a possible exposure to mumps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[89547,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-190968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-89547","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}