Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

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At least 15 states have very high levels of influenza, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It can be difficult to tell the difference between HMPV and the flu as symptoms are similar with HMPV causing symptoms such ...

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is one of the viruses that causes the common cold. It usually makes people only mildly poorly, ...

Saline nasal drops also help flush out mucous and inflammatory mediators, which can improve cold symptoms and give the immune ...

— The flu, caused by influenza viruses that are always changing, leads to fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body ...

Not many people had heard of human metapneumovirus, or HPMV, until a surge of recent cases in China made headlines.

Winter also marks the height of the respiratory virus season, a period of sniffles, sneezes, congestion, fever and other ...