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Health Pulse / Kansas

Kansas Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0723
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Not Changing
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.957
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.6754
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Low
7 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Low
7 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very Low
7 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
Campylobacteriosis2149
Cryptosporidiosis210
Giardiasis112
Legionellosis13
Malaria12
Pertussis212
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)3437
Shigellosis15
Tuberculosis15

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
5.66%
Current Asthma
10.33%
Current Smoking
16.12%
Depression
22.26%
Diabetes
9.69%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.79%
High Blood Pressure
31.16%
No Health Insurance
9.49%
Obesity
38.09%
Physical Inactivity
25.76%

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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