A person who was infected with the highly contagious measles traveled through Maryland last week, the Maryland Department of Health warned.
Health officials said the person traveled on the Amtrak NE Regional train from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., and had been on the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport between Jan. 7 and Jan. 9.
Anyone who shared these areas at these times may have been exposed:
- Amtrak NE Regional Train from Philadelphia 30th Street Station to Washington, DC Union Station on Jan. 7, 2026, from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
- Amtrak BWI Shuttle to and from the BWI train station and the drop-off points outside of the lower-level of BWI Airport between Jan. 7 at 10:45 p.m., to Jan. 8 at 1:30 a.m.
- BWI Airport Parking Shuttle to and from outside of the lower-level outside of BWI Airport and the BWI Airport’s long-term parking lots between Jan. 7 at 11 p.m. to Jan. 8 at 2 a.m.
- Health officials say there were no exposures identified inside the terminals of the BWI Airport.
The health department says there have been no measles cases in Maryland in 2026. There were three cases in 2025, one in 2024, one in 2023, and no cases from 2020 to 2022.
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