{"id":513146,"date":"2026-03-09T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513146\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:04:11","slug":"worlds-most-contagious-disease-rips-across-california-as-more-than-100-kids-feared-exposed-in-major-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513146\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s most contagious disease rips across California \u2014 as more than 100 kids feared exposed in major city"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NY<\/a>Mon, March 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

Sacramento health officials are warning of a potential viral explosion after more than 100 children were possibly exposed to measles<\/a> at an educational enrichment program.<\/p>\n

The alarm was sounded<\/a> after an unvaccinated child, who was infectious at the time, attended the unidentified program in Sacramento County last week.<\/p>\n

Public health officials say as many as 130 children may have been exposed to the virus<\/a>. The enrichment program has reportedly temporarily closed its facility following the incident.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Sacramento region reports six confirmed measles cases amid an ongoing multi-jurisdiction outbreak. KCRA<\/p>\n

\u201cMeasles, one of the most contagious infections, can lead to severe life-long consequences including permanent brain damage and can also be fatal, especially for children,\u201d said Dr. Erica Pan, CDPH director and state public health officer, in a March 6 release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is safe and provides long-lasting protection against measles. Vaccination protects both our own families and those who are too young to be fully vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since late February, at least six cases have been confirmed across Sacramento and neighboring Placer County.<\/p>\n

The scare also sent shock waves through a local hospital. One of the infected children was treated at the Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center on the morning of March 2.<\/p>\n

The hospital has since been forced to track down every patient and staff member who was in the facility during that window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, March 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM UTC Sacramento health officials are warning of a potential viral explosion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[232581,97,9572,75470,7238],"class_list":["post-513146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-educational-enrichment-program","tag-health","tag-measles","tag-public-health-officials","tag-sacramento-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}