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Nebraska Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0584
Week of 2026-08-18
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.725
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
17 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
17 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Low
17 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
Campylobacteriosis826
Cryptosporidiosis46
Giardiasis14
Legionellosis14
Malaria12
Mumps11
Pertussis116
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)1519
Shigellosis67
Tuberculosis13
Varicella disease15

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
5.32%
Current Asthma
9.37%
Current Smoking
14.51%
Depression
18.5%
Diabetes
9.22%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.2%
High Blood Pressure
29.72%
No Health Insurance
9.26%
Obesity
39.2%
Physical Inactivity
25.05%

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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