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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): 1.1693
Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
6 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
RSV
Very Low
6 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
SARS-CoV-2
Moderate
6 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

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

Notifiable Disease Reports

DiseaseLatest WeekCount52-Week Max
CampylobacteriosisMMWR 33/2026155
CryptosporidiosisMMWR 19/2026111
LegionellosisMMWR 21/202616
MpoxMMWR 10/202612
PertussisMMWR 25/2026334
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)MMWR 33/20261567
ShigellosisMMWR 30/202625
TuberculosisMMWR 30/202615
Varicella diseaseMMWR 31/202615

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments. Each disease shows its own most recently reported week — some lag behind others. 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.