Much of the worry surrounding HMPV comes from concerns it is like coronavirus in 2019: a new virus that can cause severe ...

Another similarity to COVID: A case of HMPV can last about a week, with symptoms peaking around the third day, Dr. Hoy told ...

However, hMPV is not new. It was first identified in 2001 and may have been circulating decades earlier, with recurring ...

HMPV is a respiratory virus identified in 2001, affecting mainly young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune ...

Amid rising concern around respiratory illnesses in India, several state governments have raised surveillances and issued ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is raising concerns with its increasing infections in China and other regions. While the virus ...

Cast your mind back. The month is January, and there are early warnings about a respiratory virus originating in China. It ...

Yes, but don’t be alarmed, medical experts stress. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which monitors ...

Routine mask usage isn’t necessary for HMPV. Masks are primarily protective in cases of aerosol-based spread which was the ...

Recently, an 80-year-old man in Ahmedabad tested positive for human metapneumovirus (hMPV), adding to the growing cases of ...

Experts have detailed the unique symptoms of HMPV as one in 10 children in hospital with infection test positive ...

Five years after the first cases of COVID-19, reports of hMPV, an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...