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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): 1.087
Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Moderate
4 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
RSV
Very Low
4 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
SARS-CoV-2
Low
4 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 33/2026912
CryptosporidiosisMMWR 33/202613
GiardiasisMMWR 33/202634
PertussisMMWR 32/202617
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)MMWR 33/202635
ShigellosisMMWR 33/202612
TuberculosisMMWR 33/202665

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
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.