Returning for its [third year](https://www.metaculus.com/tournament/respiratory-outlook-25-26/), the Respiratory Outlook for 2025/26 aims to support and inform US public health officials in anticipating the burden of influenza, COVID-19, and RSV this upcoming fall 2025 and winter 2025-2026. You can contribute to these efforts by sharing your predictions on important questions about peak hospitalization rates, vaccination coverage, and the risk from threats such as measles and avian influenza.
Last year we regularly shared updates regarding the Respiratory Outlook forecasts with public health officials to aid their preparedness. This year, we will continue to share these forecasts along with insights from the comments that you make. This offers a unique chance for you to help out public health efforts. You can contribute to these updates by making forecasts and sharing your reasoning in the [Respiratory Outlook 2025/26](https://www.metaculus.com/tournament/respiratory-outlook-25-26/).
*This project has been supported by the* [*National Science Foundation*](https://www.nsf.gov/) *under Award No. 2438211, including in the initial weeks of the 2025-26 tournament. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project are those of Metaculus and our forecasters, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.*