An expert has asserted the outbreak of China's HMPV virus isn't likely to be as troubling as the Covid episode, but explained that there are symptoms to look out for. Virologist Professor Jill ...

Reports of a respiratory disease called human metapneumovirus (hMPV) spreading in China have stoked fears and misinformation on social media. Some posts claimed that this is a new virus and that ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are rising in the UK, weeks after images of packed hospital waiting rooms in China sparked alarm on social media. It was dubbed the “mystery virus” as ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is another in the catalog of respiratory viruses causing a stir. The virus peaked in spring, affecting a number of children and the elderly, per CNN. Most of the time ...

People in the UK have been advised to avoid some medical settings and to wear masks in some hospitals and clinics after a rise in cases of a virus now as HMPV. Infections caused concern when there ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), although discovered in 2001, is making headlines after an unspecified increase in cases was reported in China. Although it has not been officially pronounced by local ...

Amid rising concerns about Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), health officials and experts have urged calm. Dr Puneet Kumar, a consultant in internal medicine at a Mohali hospital, explains the ...

First reported in children from the Netherlands in 2001. Retrospective studies have shown the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the human population from as early as the 1950s.

Ghana has recorded one case of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV). This is the first case detected since the country begun testing for human metapneumovirus hMPV in January 2025. Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, ...

(Background image: People wearing protective face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of HMPV in India/Right image: Prof Sarath Ranganathan, a Melbourne-based expert in respiratory ...

A deluge of disinformation about a flu-like virus called HMPV is stoking anti-China sentiment across Asia and spurring unfounded concerns of renewed lockdowns, despite experts dismissing ...

The HMPV is a respiratory virus that can cause mild to severe illness. The vulnerable group includes young children, older adults, and individuals with weakened immune systems A one-year-old girl ...