A medical professional has advised the public to be vigilant for a lesser-known symptom of Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) that could appear on their skin. HMPV often presents with symptoms similar ...

Experts say people should look for a change in the skin as a sign you could have contracted the worrying HMPV infection which is surging in parts of the world. Cases of Human metapneumovirus have ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) causes respiratory infections, mainly affecting young children and the elderly. It is spread through respiratory droplets and can lead to severe complications.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The incubation period for HMPV is usually between three and six days, with symptoms lasting for varying durations depending on the severity of the infection ...

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 ...

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, ...