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Health Pulse / Arkansas

Arkansas Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0887
Week of 2026-08-18

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
6 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
6 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Low
6 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
Campylobacteriosis3646
Cryptosporidiosis915
Giardiasis57
Legionellosis25
Malaria11
Pertussis115
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)3433
Shigellosis78
Tuberculosis15
Varicella disease13

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
6.79%
Current Asthma
10.83%
Current Smoking
18.49%
Depression
26.24%
Diabetes
12.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.72%
High Blood Pressure
38.83%
No Health Insurance
12.15%
Obesity
40.62%
Physical Inactivity
33.38%

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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