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Health Pulse / Tennessee

Tennessee Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.1119
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.9253
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Likely Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8585
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
2 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very Low
2 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
Campylobacteriosis851
Mpox13
Mumps11
Pertussis1232
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)1861
Shigellosis510
Tuberculosis38

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
6.35%
Current Asthma
11.32%
Current Smoking
20.2%
Depression
30.99%
Diabetes
11.99%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.62%
High Blood Pressure
36.42%
No Health Insurance
12.68%
Obesity
39.09%
Physical Inactivity
27.51%

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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