Cook County health officials are warning about a possible measles exposure at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital last week.
The Cook County Department of Public Health said an unvaccinated child with measles passed through the main hospital lobby on Monday, and went past Suite 1010 in the hospital’s surgical and procedural services area on their way to outpatient testing.
The virus can linger in the air for two hours after someone with an active infection leaves the area. Anyone who visited the hospital’s lobby, Suite 1010, or the outpatient testing areas between 4:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. on Monday might have been exposed to measles…