FIFA World Cup 2026 Health Risks: Heat Illness, Infectious Disease, and Food Safety Warnings Across 16 Host Cities

Why heat may be the biggest health-related concern at the World Cup

(ABC) — As the World Cup gets underway in the United States, public health officials and researchers are surveilling for signs of infectious diseases, sexually transmitted infections, food-borne illnesses and other pathogens. But health departments in host cities say something else could be the biggest health-related risk to teams, players or fans: Heat. Extreme heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S., claiming roughly 2,000 liv…

FIFA World Cup 2026 Health Risks: Heat Illness, Infectious Disease, and Food Safety Warnings Across 16 Host Cities

PAHO issued major health warnings for FIFA World Cup 2026: heat illness, infectious disease, and food safety risks across 16 U.S., Canada, and Mexico host cities.