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

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 ...

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

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

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.

WHO has further stated that HMPV is a common respiratory virus found to circulate in many countries in winter through to ...

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

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

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

The WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern Hemisphere.