Flu and RSV levels are rising to prepandemic levels, with increasing hospitalizations in children younger than 2 years.
Some Southern Hemisphere countries such as Australia and Chile are reporting increased influenza activity.
COVID-19 patients had a longer hospital stay and a 69% higher mortality rate than ICU patients with influenza.
As flu levels taper off in the Northern Hemisphere, some Southern Hemisphere nations have reported increased detections in recent weeks.
After a rise in flu activity in late January, led mainly by the 2009 H1N1 strain and influenza B, levels are declining again.
RSV activity began in the southeast and worked its way north and west. In its Marburg notice, the CDC said there is no evidence so far that the two outbreaks are connected.
Investigators are working to determine the Chilean man's H5N1 exposure, and in Senegal, H5N1 has now infected a poultry flock.
The new analysis includes death records and out-of-hospital heart attacks, finding a more robust connection than an earlier study.
Recently approved for emergency use, the first combo at-home test for COVID-19 also marks the first self-test for flu.
China is experiencing a surge in H1N1 activity, India is battling H3N2, and flu is still above baseline in the European region.
Officials are investigating a cluster of severe influenza B infections in kids and teens, some of whom had complications.
After peaking in late 2022, global flu activity continues to decline, with greater proportion of the H1N1 and influenza B viruses detected.
The company, however, recently filed for bankruptcy, citing the prolonged FDA authorization process.
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.
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 percentage of outpatient visits for flulike illness remained just above the national baseline.
The state will launch a pilot program to test wastewater for flu, hepatitis A, norovirus, and antimicrobial-resistance genes.
In North America, flu levels are now at or below levels typically seen at this time of the year.
The percentage of outpatient visits for influenza-like respiratory illness dropped to 3%, down from 4% the week before.
Though many indicators declined, a 3-week-long drop in hospitalizations leveled off.
Forty-four states reported very high (25) or high (19) flu activity, down from 48 the week before.
HHS is expanding access through stockpiles that had been reserved for use in a future flu pandemic.
The US, Canada, and Mexico confirm high flu levels, and 9 European countries are reporting widespread activity.
Global flu activity rose in the first half of November, mainly due to rising levels in North America and parts of Europe.
Flu activity in the Northern Hemisphere is rising, with levels up sharply over the past few weeks in North America, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its latest global flu update, which roughly covers the last half of October.
