A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...

Reports of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a common respiratory illness that causes flu- and cold-like symptoms, are growing ...

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

Health minister JP Nadda said that the virus was first identified in 2001 and said that health systems are in place and alert ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in ...

Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk ...

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...

According to ICMR, HMPV accounts for about 3% of the respiratory pathogens detected in laboratories testing for ...

An 80-year-old man tested positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat on Thursday, ...

HMPV is a respiratory virus that regularly circulates during cold and flu season. It is spread through coughing, sneezing and ...

Symptoms of HMPV are similar to that of the common cold and can include a cough, fever, runny nose, sore throat, wheezing, ...