This year's flu season is shaping up to be particularly brutal. Here's what to know this week, including cases taking a downturn.

Germany stands by Syria as it seeks to rebuild, Foreign Minister Johan Wadephul said on Monday as Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's visits Berlin. At a German-Syrian economic forum held at the Foreign Office, Wadephul said he saw an important role for Germany in Syria's reconstruction, which he argued can only succeed with international aid.

Harrison Schmitt, now 90, was on the Apollo 17 mission — the last time humans visited the moon. On Wednesday, NASA's Artemis II mission aims to kickstart a return.