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Health Pulse / Wisconsin

Wisconsin Health Pulse

Public health surveillance data. Not medical advice.

Current Trends

COVID-19
Not Changing
Rt (effective reproduction): 1.0129
Week of 2026-08-18
Influenza
Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.8956
Week of 2026-05-26
RSV
Likely Declining
Rt (effective reproduction): 0.7674
Week of 2026-05-26

Wastewater Viral Activity

Influenza A virus
Very Low
22 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
RSV
Very Low
22 monitoring sites, week of 2026-08-15
SARS-CoV-2
Moderate
41 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
Campylobacteriosis2562
Cryptosporidiosis428
Giardiasis227
Legionellosis410
Pertussis225
Salmonellosis (excluding Salmonella Typhi infection and Salmonella Paratyphi infection)1657
Shigellosis111
Tuberculosis24
Varicella disease613

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
5.48%
Current Asthma
11.08%
Current Smoking
15.25%
Depression
24.72%
Diabetes
9.43%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.24%
High Blood Pressure
28.95%
No Health Insurance
8.32%
Obesity
38.5%
Physical Inactivity
26.42%

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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