An outbreak of a highly contagious virus in China has health officials on alert. Reports indicate cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory disease primarily affecting children under 14, ...

Assam reported its first case of hMPV or human metapneumovirus this season on Saturday. The affected is a 10-month-old baby ...

HMPV, also known as human metapneumovirus, is currently 'overwhelming hospitals' in China, with over 26,000 cases reported in ...

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

China reassures travelers amid rising HMPV cases, refuting fearmongering claims about an "unknown virus" and emphasizing ...

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

The Chinese foreign ministry maintains that they have close communication with the World Health Organization (WHO) on respiratory diseases, when asked ...

BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday (Jan 10) that it had maintained close communication with the World ...

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

Human metapneumovirus cases have been on the rise in the UK following fears of a surge in northern China leading to Covid ...