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Health Pulse / Nebraska

Nebraska Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0948
Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Low
15 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
RSV
Very Low
15 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22
SARS-CoV-2
Very Low
15 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

DiseaseLatest WeekCount52-Week Max
CampylobacteriosisMMWR 33/20261526
CryptosporidiosisMMWR 33/202646
GiardiasisMMWR 33/202624
LegionellosisMMWR 33/202612
MalariaMMWR 21/202612
MumpsMMWR 3/202611
PertussisMMWR 33/2026116
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)MMWR 33/20261619
ShigellosisMMWR 33/202637
TuberculosisMMWR 31/202613
Varicella diseaseMMWR 29/202615

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
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.