The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said ...

Terrifying images shared on social media purportedly showing patients in China flooding local hospitals and collapsing in waiting rooms have resulted in rampant speculation that the world could be on ...

The Chinese Health official said that the increase in recent years in the number of cases of the virus, first detected in the Netherlands in 2001, is due to better detection methods.

Concerns about HMPV surged recently after images of crowded hospitals in northern China circulated online. However, the World ...

HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough and a runny or stuffy nose. There is no specific treatment for HMPV and at ...

Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) is spreading globally, with mild symptoms mostly recoverable without medical intervention. By ...

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

An outbreak of the flu-like virus in China is causing concern, but experts say a Covid-like pandemic is unlikely.

The European Union is monitoring cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) amid an outbreak of the disease in China. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said cases across Europe were ...

Reports of rising human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in China have triggered global concern. However, health experts have ...