Unwilling to take any chances, India is ramping up the number of laboratories testing hMPV cases, and the Indian Council of ...

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

Much of the worry surrounding HMPV comes from concerns it is like coronavirus in 2019: a new virus that can cause severe ...

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

The WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that it had maintained close communication with the World Health Organization ...

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.

China will continue to see multiple pathogens fueling its winter illness outbreak through spring, the country’s CDC said in December 2024.