The authors conclude that some of the increased antibiotic prescribing may have been inappropriate.
US influenza activity is still low, flu vaccine protection is moderate, and WHO advisers only tweak the makeup of next year's flu vaccine.
The outbreak total remains at 9 cases: 1 confirmed , 4 probable , and 4 suspected.
The Department of Energy, with "low confidence," says SARS-CoV-2 may have come from a lab, and a controversial doctors groups touts ivermectin for the flu and RSV.
The company, however, recently filed for bankruptcy, citing the prolonged FDA authorization process.
Transmission in healthcare settings and bars and nightclubs was most likely to involve at least 5 infections, with nightlife cases more likely to generate further spread.
Two more deaths have occurred in people with symptoms of Marburg, which would raise the outbreak total to 11 cases, all fatal.
The lawmakers say that while the shortages have eased, supplies haven't been completely replenished.
Mountain lions, a bobcat, red foxes, black bears, and skunks represent the latest avian flu cases in mammals.
Structural changes in the brain may explain the persistent fatigue and neuropsychiatric complications tied to long COVID.
Separate WHO reports describe widening dengue and chikungunya activity in the Americas and the expansion of cholera outbreaks to four more countries.
COVID activity is on the rise in the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean and European regions, as well the South East Asia region where infections are up sharply in India.
Eight more cases have been confirmed, with worries of undetected spread and infections now spanning three provinces that share borders with Cameroon and Gabon.
The rise follows a decline earlier in the pandemic, which may have contributed to delayed or missed diagnoses.
Improving uptake of the drug, a component of Paxlovid, could help reduce longer term outcomes, as well as severe disease, the authors said.
To mark the observance, there were useful status reports and news of a high-level group that will lead a stronger push against TB in high-burden countries.
Survey results also revealed that women who had been sick with COVID were more likely to report heavy bleeding, missed periods, and spotting.
In other developments, Pakistan reported its first WPV1 case of the year, and the DRC and Indonesia reported more vaccine-derived cases.
The four groups recently had their first face-to-face meeting and a few months ago released a detailed action plan.
Though no new cases reported in the two outbreaks, groups released new details about the Marburg virus spread in each country.
The illness is China's third involving H3N8 since 2022.
Two of the outbreaks involved upland game bird farms, and another struck a live-bird market in New York's Queens County.
Recently approved for emergency use, the first combo at-home test for COVID-19 also marks the first self-test for flu.
For the first time, the recommendations factor in cost-effectiveness for vaccinating those at lower risk, partly due to concerns about maintaining coverage of crucial routine vaccines such as measles.
The new analysis includes death records and out-of-hospital heart attacks, finding a more robust connection than an earlier study.
