MPV tends to hit hardest in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. A virologist explains.

While symptoms of human metapneumovirus are largely indistinguishable from other respiratory illnesses, the virus is spreading rapidly in China, raising concerns about a potential pandemic similar ...

This follows reports of outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere due to acute respiratory virus infections, particularly those caused by the Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China since late December 2024.

The images, which have not been independently verified, reportedly show a surge in patients in northern China seeking medical attention after contracting human metapneumovirus or HMPV – an upper ...

A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised fears of another Covid-style pandemic. Images of hospitals overrun with masked patients have circulated widely on ...

hmpv human metapneumovirus virus china latest news“There has been news doing the rounds about a metapneumovirus outbreak in China. Let me be very clear on that count. Metapneumovirus is like any ...

China steps up monitoring amid new virus outbreak Authorities in Beijing have downplayed surge in cases, which comes five years after world was first alerted to emergence of Covid-19 Stuti Mishra ...

The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is not new in China or elsewhere in the world, its recent spike in China is within the usual range for winter and there is no evidence that China has declared a ...

Health authorities are monitoring a rise in the respiratory illness human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. Fears that this is a new virus with pandemic potential are unfounded, experts say.

Reports of a surge of cases in China of human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a common respiratory infection, have drawn headlines worldwide, with reports of overwhelmed hospitals recalling the beginning ...

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