Ontario's Ministry of Health has announced the first recorded death of a measles patient from the outbreak that started in October. The baby who died contracted the virus before birth from the mother,

Thousands of people, mostly children, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have contracted the vaccine-preventable disease this year.

A baby born prematurely to an unvaccinated mother has become the first measles patient to die in a measles outbreak that started in Canada last year. The infant died in Ontario, where nearly 2,000 cases have been reported,