News outlets and social media posts have commented on the outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, suggesting that the little-known virus could cause a pandemic similar to COVID-19.

No, there’s been a surge of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). In fact, in mid-March, at the height of the surge, over 19% of all respiratory secretion specimens polymerase chain reaction (PCR ...

Others comment, “Increasing cases of HMPV Metapneumovirus Infections among humans have been reported in China” and, opens new tab, “China declares a state of emergency as a surge of multiple ...

Languages: English, French Bird flu (H5N1) has been transmitted from animals to humans in the United States, while HMPV cases are on the rise in China. Meanwhile, norovirus, a non-respiratory ...

China has recently seen an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which is ... a news channel headquartered in India. Check Your Fact reached out to spokespeople for the WHO, CDC and WION ...

The Seattle-based vaccine maker is in the process of testing a vaccine candidate called IVX-A12, which is designed to target both Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV).

India TV Fact Check: A video clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going viral on social media with claims that he has announced a lockdown after HMPV cases were reported in India. However ...

In conversation with Ramya Kannan, Health Editor at The Hindu, they address pressing questions and debunk misconceptions surrounding HMPV, shedding light on its impact, prevention, and the future ...

Latest UK Health Security Agency data show one in 20 (5 per cent) of hospital swabs for respiratory infections in England came back positive for human metaphneumovirus (HMPV) in the week ending ...

In a post that went viral on X (formerly Twitter), user "SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)" claimed that China had declared a state of emergency as an epidemic of flu-like viruses, including HMPV, had ...