Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is said to be spreading across China, with images of hospitals full of masked patients being shared on social media.

HMPV was discovered in 2001 but has likely been circulating for decades. In this article, we share a list of common myths to ...

Health workers at Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports in Jakarta have increased surveillance to prevent the ...

Overall cases have slightly increased, though severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases remain low. Influenza activity is rising, driven primarily by ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China, concerns are rising about another disease pandemic in the guise ...

Oh come on guys, calm down'. But why? I think we have gone through a really difficult time during the four years of Covid ...

HMPV symptoms include cough, nasal congestion, fever and shortness of breath, according to the CDC. But, symptoms can progress to bronchitis or pneumonia. The incubation period of the virus can be ...

HMPV is less dangerous than covid-19, though it similarly affects the respiratory system, said Dr Sayedur Rahman ...

Health surveillance reports from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2025 did not announce a ...

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said Sunday, amid some international concern over a potential ...

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