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The White House says President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot.

A new illness is going around — and it’s not COVID or the flu, NBC 7’s Amber Frias reports.

Some say the illness gives them stomach issues, and others say their symptoms are respiratory. But one common thing people report is that it lingers longer than usual.

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in the United States, even as hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus and the flu continue to fall.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it would be releasing part of its stockpile of antiviral Tamiflu to help combat the flu.

The Biden administration says it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile

Respiratory viruses, including COVID, flu and RSV, are spreading across the U.S. — and so are other infections. So how long are you contagious with some of the more common ones? Find out here.

As cases of influenza and other respiratory viruses rise around the nation, two national pharmacy groups say Tamiflu and generic versions of the flu medicine are in short supply.

A surge in cases of flue, RSV, and COVID-19 is raising the demand for over-the-counter cold medications, especially for children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen.

Several Dutch players are battling flu symptoms ahead of their round of 16 World Cup match against the United States, Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal said.

Local health officials Wednesday urged San Diegans to take precautions to avoid spreading respiratory illness over the long holiday weekend.

As the holiday season approaches, many of use are planning to travel to celebrate with family. However, COVID is still lingering around, and there have been recent surges of flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) cases. Due to the uptick in the number of individuals infected by these respiratory viruses, doctors worry that we could face a “tripledemic” this winter….

Health officials in many parts of the state have reported upticks in RSV, along with an earlier-than-usual onset of flu season.

A winter epidemic is looming as RSV is to blame. But this time, health experts say it’s children who are most at risk.

San Diego’s public health officials Friday sounded the alarm about another respiratory illness on the rise in the county, joining influenza and COVID-19 and possible having a severe impact on people’s lives

NBC 7’s Melissa Adan spoke to a doctor about San Diego’s rapid start to flu season.

San Diego County health officials have reported more than 1.600 lab-confirmed cases of influenza, which is seven times higher than the amount this time last year. So far in October, there have already been more than 900 cases reported.

It takes months to manufacture the flu vaccine, so every year, medical researchers making the formula try to predict which strain will be the prominent one come flu season. So, how’s it doing this year?

We’re about halfway through October and county health officials are saying 1,000 flu cases have already been reported — a quarter of last year’s entire season — reports NBC 7’s Brooke Martell.