March for Life Attendees Potentially Exposed to Measles: DC Health Officials

The District of Columbia’s health agency says that people who visited other locations in the city may also have been exposed.

People take part in the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington on Jan. 23, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Health officials in Washington said on Feb. 8 that attendees of the March for Life in January may have been exposed to the measles virus.

District of Columbia health officials said in a statement that they were told of “multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious” and that people who visited several locations between Jan. 21 and Jan. 25 may have been exposed.