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Health Pulse / Alaska

Alaska Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1015
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Likely Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.9001
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.7648
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Low
5 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
5 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very High
5 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15

Highest activity level observed among this state's wastewater monitoring sites. Wastewater signals often precede clinical reporting.

Notifiable Disease Reports

DiseaseThis Week52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis512
Cryptosporidiosis32
Giardiasis14
Pertussis17
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)15
Shigellosis12
Tuberculosis15

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 32, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

Long-term community health indicators (not current surveillance) — 2023 estimates.

Coronary Heart Disease
7.03%
Current Asthma
11.97%
Current Smoking
24.02%
Depression
20.79%
Diabetes
11.71%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.74%
High Blood Pressure
34.31%
No Health Insurance
12.67%
Obesity
37.52%
Physical Inactivity
27.09%

Source: CDC PLACES, state-level average of local estimates.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trend estimates and wastewater viral activity levels, not diagnoses or case counts. Public health surveillance data — not medical advice.

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