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 FDA has granted RSVpreF priority review for use in pregnant women to help protect babies against the virus.
In another COVID development, the FDA pulled its EUA for Evusheld, the last available monoclonal antibody treatment, due to weak activity against the newer circulating subvariants.
Amid rising flu activity causing decade-high hospitalization rates, COVID-19 markers are also climbing.
The early flu surge is adding to pressure on health systems as they face other respiratory diseases like RSV.
In some nations in the Americas, 3 viral diseases are straining hospitals.
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.
A flu surges comes as RSV continues to overwhelm pediatric hospitals in some states.
Muliple respiratory viruses are already straining health systems, with children among the hardest hit groups.
The World Health Organization (WHO) monkeypox emergency committee met for the third time on Oct 20 to discuss the latest developments, concluding that the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).