Health Pulse / Missouri

Missouri Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0736

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Low

25 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Low

25 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Very High

25 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
Tuberculosis	MMWR 33/2026	2	4

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

6.06%

Current Asthma

11.03%

Current Smoking

18.77%

Depression

26.22%

Diabetes

10.78%

Frequent Mental Distress

19.63%

High Blood Pressure

33.58%

No Health Insurance

9.81%

Obesity

38.15%

Physical Inactivity

30.07%

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.