Adults over 65 years of age and those with respiratory problems or weakened immune systems may also experience severe symptoms ...

Amid rising concern around respiratory illnesses in India, several state governments have raised surveillances and issued ...

Beijing has made a fresh rebuke to some voices labeling China's recent cases of infection with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, as an "unknown virus", calling such claims "run counter to basic ...

However, hMPV is not new. It was first identified in 2001 and may have been circulating decades earlier, with recurring ...

Another similarity to COVID: A case of HMPV can last about a week, with symptoms peaking around the third day, Dr. Hoy told ...

HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough and a runny or stuffy nose. There is no specific treatment for HMPV and at ...

The WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

"Perhaps due to ideological differences and Orientalist clickbait business models, some international media rarely hesitate ...

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that it had maintained close communication with the World Health Organization ...

As China continues to monitor an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), here's what you need to know about the ...

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...

The increase in cases of this pathogen in China resurrects old fears. Experts include it in the package of known winter ...