The respiratory system is the organs and other parts of your body involved in breathing, when you exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. All the cells in your body need oxygen to work.

This 1930s educational film provides a detailed exploration of the respiratory and excretory systems, combining live-action demonstrations, animations, and intertitles to illustrate human anatomy ...

The human metapneumovirus was isolated from people with acute respiratory infection and sequenced in 2001 using a combination of specialized culture and molecular techniques.

Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes flu or cold-like symptoms. ... The body’s immune system detects the infection and launches an inflammatory response to combat the virus.

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 ...