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Health Pulse / Alabama

Alabama Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1159
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.9312
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Not Changing
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.9013
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
18 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Moderate
18 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very High
18 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
Campylobacteriosis154
Cryptosporidiosis111
Legionellosis16
Mpox12
Pertussis334
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)160
Shigellosis25
Tuberculosis15
Varicella disease15

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 23, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

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

Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Current Asthma
10.55%
Current Smoking
17.8%
Depression
25.28%
Diabetes
13.34%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.45%
High Blood Pressure
40.47%
No Health Insurance
11.35%
Obesity
40.42%
Physical Inactivity
29.92%

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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