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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): 1.1053
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
Low
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 33/20262646
CryptosporidiosisMMWR 33/2026715
GiardiasisMMWR 33/202657
LegionellosisMMWR 33/202615
MalariaMMWR 12/202611
PertussisMMWR 33/2026215
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)MMWR 33/20263333
ShigellosisMMWR 33/202638
TuberculosisMMWR 27/202615
Varicella diseaseMMWR 33/202614

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
6.79%
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.