The Department of Health and Welfare will hold a media briefing about the surge in respiratory diseases in Idaho at 1 p.m. today.

The "triple-demic" of flu, RSV, and COVID-19 in Idaho will be outlined.

Those who will attend the briefing from DHW include Director Dave Jeppesen; Elke Shaw-Tulloch, state health official and administrator for the Division of Public Health; Dr. Christine Hahn, state epidemiologist; and Dr. Kathryn Turner, deputy state epidemiologist.

A special guest, Dr. Jim Souza, chief physician executive at St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, also will attend.

The general public can join the briefing as attendees in listen/watch-only mode at bit.ly/3V1gUhf.