News of a respiratory virus spreading in China and footage of crowded hospitals have predictably led to panic, with concern that the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) may be COVID 2.0 for 2025.. Cases ...

The human metapneumovirus, also known as HMPV, is reportedly surging in China, raising questions about what the illness is and if it's a concern to those in the U.S.. Officials in India have also ...

As cases of the HMPV virus continue to increase in the U.S. and in China, here's what you need to know about the virus. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the ...

While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts say. HMPV has circulated in humans for decades.

Masked people walk through a station in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic, taken February 3, 2020, with an image of a virus inset. Reports of a possible outbreak of HMPV in China come five ...

The rise in hMPV infections in China has received widespread media coverage. Photos and videos posted on social media showing overcrowded hospitals have led to concerns about another pandemic looming.

HMPV was first identified in 2001. Here are the symptoms it causes. We VERIFY what to know about HMPV, its symptoms, how the virus spreads and whether there are 2025 U.S. cases.

As infections from three viruses—human metapneumovirus (HMPV), bird flu, and norovirus—continue to climb, infectious disease and population health experts told Newsweek about the recent rise ...

Is HMPV present in the UK right now? Yes, says the GP – HMPV is present worldwide. According to the UK government's official national flu and COVID-19 surveillance report for the first week of ...

According to the CDC, based on data from the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System, cases of HMPV in the U.S. have been increasing since Nov. 2024, with 1.94% of weekly tests ...

HMPV is a well-known virus that was discovered in 2001 in the Netherlands, and belongs to the Pneumoviridae family of viruses, which includes respiratory syncytial virus, commonly known as RSV.

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and other seasonal viruses are on the rise across the northern hemisphere in early 2025, according to the World Health Organization.