Health Pulse / Massachusetts

Massachusetts Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0695

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

4 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Very Low

4 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Very 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

Disease	Latest Week	Count	52-Week Max
Campylobacteriosis	MMWR 33/2026	42	72
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 33/2026	4	20
Giardiasis	MMWR 33/2026	6	19
Legionellosis	MMWR 32/2026	1	13
Malaria	MMWR 32/2026	1	3
Mpox	MMWR 11/2026	1	6
Pertussis	MMWR 27/2026	1	8
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 33/2026	24	49
Shigellosis	MMWR 33/2026	14	19
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	2	10

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

4.77%

Current Asthma

12.02%

Current Smoking

11.68%

Depression

25.77%

Diabetes

7.82%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.5%

High Blood Pressure

27.22%

No Health Insurance

4.69%

Obesity

27.89%

Physical Inactivity

19.17%

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.