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Health Pulse / Missouri

Missouri Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0718
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Not Changing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0199
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.7011
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
27 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
High
27 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very High
27 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
Tuberculosis14

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 31, 2026). 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.

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