The previous year’s data, stretching from early July 2023 through late June 2024 shows HMPV testing positivity was relatively ...

The surge in cases of the flu-like HMPV virus in northern China has raised fears of another Covid-19 style pandemic. Users on social media are spreading alarmist claims on social media such as fake ...

China said the rate of HMPV infections in the northern part of the couuntry is declining. It further noted that HMPV is not ...

HMPV symptoms include cough, nasal congestion, fever and shortness of breath, according to the CDC. But, symptoms can progress to bronchitis or pneumonia. The incubation period of the virus can be ...

Not many people had heard of human metapneumovirus, or HPMV, until a surge of recent cases in China made headlines.

The CDC’s actions come in response to China’s government-run media confirming that positivity rates of HMPV hare rising in children under the age of 14, despite respiratory illnesses being ...

Amid global concerns, China on Sunday said that the cases of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are declining. Wang Liping, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease ...

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic ...

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

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 ...