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 ...

Health concerns are growing amid a recent uptick in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), bird flu, and norovirus.

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.

HMPV does not have the same potential as COVID-19 to cause a global pandemic. It spreads less easily, is less severe in most cases and has been a known seasonal virus for decades. Existing public ...

Third, genetic analysis by several different groups shows that the closest recent ancestor of HMPV is a bird virus, avian metapneumovirus. This is an agricultural pathogen of chickens and turkeys.

An outbreak of HMPV has caused panic in some quarters. Here’s what you need to know about the seasonal virus.

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in northern China. Infectious disease experts say risk to the U.S. is low.

What is HMPV? Human metapneumovirus is another one of those winter respiratory viruses in the same family as RSV, and it increases during this time of the year [in the Northern Hemisphere].

At its peak in mid-March, the CDC saw positive testing for hMPV at around 11% — which was about 36% higher than the pre-COVID average. Here's what to know about how it spreads, treatment and more.

China’s winter illness season is less severe compared to the year before, according to data from its health authority. But the proliferation of a long-standing though little-known pathogen ...