You may have heard recent news reports about a surge in cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

A virus rapidly spreading in China is also circulating in the United States, causing concern among health experts.

The United States is reportedly seeing a surge in norovirus, flu symptoms and other viral illnesses amid HMPV outbreak in ...

Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes flu or cold-like symptoms. The virus peaks during late winter and spring, according to the United States-based Centers for Disease Control ...

The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed that a so-called 'mystery virus' is on the rise in the UK, and a ...

HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has appealed to the public to not panic over the human metapneumovirus (hMPV), which has ...

Auwaerter says the Chinese might be more susceptible to HMPV because China enforced more stringent COVID lockdowns than, for example, the United States, during the pandemic. “They stayed home ...

It was discovered in 2001 that HMPV belongs to the Pneumoviridae family, as stated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to virologists in India ...

Public health experts caution that the human metapneumovirus cases are part of the typical ebb and flow of respiratory virus seasons.

Health experts told Newsweek about the threats posed by the viruses and shared the best ways to protect oneself.

The CDC is monitoring China's HMPV outbreak, which has not yet reached the U.S. Despite global concerns, no unusual surge has ...