Health Pulse / Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Health Pulse
Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.
Current Trends
COVID-19
GrowingRt (effective reproduction): 1.0634
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Likely DecliningRt (effective reproduction): 0.9375
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
DecliningRt (effective reproduction): 0.7134
Week of 2026-05-26
Wastewater Viral Activity
Influenza A virus
Very Low34 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
High29 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Moderate34 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
| Disease | This Week | 52-Week Max |
|---|---|---|
| Campylobacteriosis | 47 | 143 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 8 | 32 |
| Giardiasis | 7 | 27 |
| Legionellosis | 2 | 22 |
| Malaria | 1 | 6 |
| Mpox | 1 | 5 |
| Mumps | 1 | 2 |
| Pertussis | 3 | 30 |
| Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection) | 49 | 77 |
| Shigellosis | 6 | 17 |
| Tuberculosis | 4 | 14 |
| Varicella disease | 4 | 16 |
Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 32, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.
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.