World Cup Health Prep: Ebola Drills and Wastewater Surveillance Lead the Way

As World Cup 2026 approaches, public-health officials deploy a Covid-era toolkit to monitor Ebola and other infectious threats across host cities, led by the CDC with syndromic dashboards and city-level wastewater surveillance, while NYC and LA run high-risk-scenario drills and food-safety measures. But a lack of pandemic-era funding complicates sustained readiness, forcing agencies to stretch resources even as FEMA’s World Cup fund disburses only a fraction of the pledged support.