The virus, which was first isolated in 2001, is just like any other respiratory virus that spreads through air, entering the ...

HMPV stands for “human metapneumovirus” and generally causes a mild infection of the upper respiratory tract. It spreads via ...

The patient, an 80-year-old man in Gujarat, is infected with virus. He has no travel history abroad, say officials ...

A virus causing cold-like symptoms is making its seasonal rounds, and health officials are urging everyone to take preventive ...

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 ...

Even as the world fixates on hMPV, a genuine pandemic threat is emerging in the form of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has jumped ...

As respiratory illness season peaks, another virus is making its rounds—Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). Often overlooked, HMPV ...

Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk ...

A virus that's not well known to the public is spiking in China. CDC officials said HMPV is not a cause for concern here, nor is it a new virus.

A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...

And now, the human metapneumovirus, or HMPV for short, is infecting thousands of Americans around the country. The highly ...