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Health Pulse / New York

New York Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0571
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8284
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.6878
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
43 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Moderate
43 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very High
111 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
Campylobacteriosis128144
Cryptosporidiosis1528
Giardiasis2950
Legionellosis1735
Malaria14
Mpox15
Mumps11
Pertussis447
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)6586
Shigellosis2235
Tuberculosis310

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
5.02%
Current Asthma
10.84%
Current Smoking
12.4%
Depression
20.33%
Diabetes
8.52%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.78%
High Blood Pressure
28.64%
No Health Insurance
6.4%
Obesity
31.68%
Physical Inactivity
22.79%

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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