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Health Center Monitors World Cup Disease Risks, Funding Lacking

6/12/2026

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A non-governmental Health Security Operations Center was launched to track disease threats at all World Cup sites using wastewater and social-media data.
Public health officials are monitoring infectious-disease risks, issuing daily situation reports, and urging vaccination against measles, which has about 2,000 U.S. cases and rising numbers in Mexico and Canada.
The federal $625 million World Cup security grant omitted public-health funding, leaving the CDC without a tournament-specific risk assessment.

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A non-governmental Health Security Operations Center was launched to track disease threats at all World Cup sites using wastewater and social-media data.
Public health officials are monitoring infectious-disease risks, issuing daily situation reports, and urging vaccination against measles, which has about 2,000 U.S. cases and rising numbers in Mexico and Canada.
The federal $625 million World Cup security grant omitted public-health funding, leaving the CDC without a tournament-specific risk assessment.