Now in USA

Health Pulse / Texas

Texas Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Growing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0846
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.9438
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8681
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very High
40 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Low
40 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Very High
40 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
Campylobacteriosis1240
Cryptosporidiosis148
Legionellosis324
Malaria110
Mpox123
Mumps13
Pertussis6151
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)2243
Shigellosis245
Tuberculosis233
Varicella disease117

Weekly provisional counts reported to CDC NNDSS by state health departments (MMWR week 14, 2026). Provisional and subject to revision.

Health Profile

Long-term community health indicators (not current surveillance) — 2023 estimates.

Coronary Heart Disease
5.83%
Current Asthma
9.93%
Current Smoking
14.57%
Depression
22.95%
Diabetes
12.72%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.43%
High Blood Pressure
32.83%
No Health Insurance
21.48%
Obesity
37.39%
Physical Inactivity
30.07%

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.

Texas Health Pulse: Flu, COVID-19 & RSV Trends | Now in USA