As Ebola Surges, 3 in 4 Americans Back Restoring U.S. Aid to Fight It, per New Echelon-Rockefeller Foundation Poll

America at 250: As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, a new Echelon-Rockefeller Foundation poll finds 3 in 4 Americans support restoring U.S. aid to fight the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), now the 3rd-largest on record and still spreading. Support crosses the political spectrum: 9 in 10 Americans (90%) back funding programs to prevent disease outbreaks abroad, the highest-testing program area in the survey.

  • Conducted ahead of America's 250th anniversary, the survey finds nine in ten Americans (90%) across the political spectrum support funding programs to prevent disease outbreaks abroad, the highest-testing program area in the survey.
  • Those who primarily support President Trump are the least concerned about Ebola spreading to the U.S., yet more than one in two (52%) back restoring U.S. aid to contain the outbreak, along with 60% of Republican-leaners and 89% of Democrat-leaners.

NEW YORK, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Ebola outbreak the third-largest on record, and growing, survey data from The Rockefeller Foundation and Echelon Insights shows that 75% of Americans – including more than one in two (52%) who primarily support President Trump – agree that the United States should restore disease prevention aid to contain the virus. An American Perspective on Foreign Aid, which evaluated Americans' opinions on foreign assistance ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary, also reveals near universal support across political party lines (90%) for funding overseas disease prevention programs. The findings suggest that despite the official closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) one year ago this month, Americans across the political spectrum continue to see disease prevention abroad as a core U.S. interest, not a partisan one.

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