Health Pulse / New Hampshire

New Hampshire Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0783

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

17 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Low

17 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Moderate

17 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 27/2026	6	17
Cryptosporidiosis	MMWR 22/2026	1	4
Giardiasis	MMWR 27/2026	2	15
Legionellosis	MMWR 26/2026	1	5
Pertussis	MMWR 8/2026	1	7
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)	MMWR 27/2026	2	12
Shigellosis	MMWR 11/2026	1	4
Tuberculosis	MMWR 32/2026	1	3
Varicella disease	MMWR 22/2026	1	6

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

4.91%

Current Asthma

11%

Current Smoking

12.28%

Depression

24.91%

Diabetes

7.78%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.41%

High Blood Pressure

28.15%

No Health Insurance

7.43%

Obesity

31.85%

Physical Inactivity

20.22%

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.