News of a respiratory virus spreading in China and footage of crowded hospitals have predictably led to panic, with concern ...

HMPV is a respiratory virus that primarily targets the upper and lower respiratory tract upon entering the body.

Symptoms, spread and who it affects - Images of mask-clad patients in Chinese waiting rooms are igniting a Covid-related ...

Dr Michael Head said HMPV is 'already present' in the UK but pinpointed a crucial difference between the recent outbreak in ...

Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk ...

A virus that's not well known to the public is spiking in China. CDC officials said HMPV is not a cause for concern here, nor is it a new virus.

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...

Public health advice for HMPV is similar to that for flu, said John Tregoning, professor in vaccine immunology at Imperial ...

Even as the world fixates on hMPV, a genuine pandemic threat is emerging in the form of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has jumped ...

The recent HMPV surge in China has raised concerns about another pandemic. While there are debates about its similarities ...

Human Metapneumovirus cases have been reported in India but authorities has ve claimed that there is no need to panic about ...