Health Pulse / Vermont

Vermont Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19

Growing

Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0702

Week of 2026-08-25

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus

Very Low

6 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

RSV

Low

6 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-22

SARS-CoV-2

Low

6 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 31/2026	1	10
Pertussis	MMWR 14/2026	1	8
Tuberculosis	MMWR 6/2026	1	1
Varicella disease	MMWR 30/2026	1	4

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

4.82%

Current Asthma

11.43%

Current Smoking

12.28%

Depression

28.1%

Diabetes

7.1%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.72%

High Blood Pressure

26.63%

No Health Insurance

6.46%

Obesity

29.43%

Physical Inactivity

18.41%

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.