As China experiences a rise in respiratory infections this winter, one little-known virus has gotten a lot of attention – and ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently monitoring reports of a spike in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in ...
A post shared on Facebook claims cases of a “new” virus called HMPV Metapneumovirus are rising in China. Verdict: False The ...
Cases of HMPV have doubled in the UK since early December with many Brits having been struck down in the country with ...
While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, ...
As respiratory diseases enter a peak period in winter, multiple foreign media outlets have been exaggerating reports of a ...
The World Health Organization has said that the metapneumovirus (hMPV) that caused the outbreak in China is not a new virus, ...
Symptoms of HMPV are similar to that of the cold and flu, they can include: More serious symptoms which require medical ...
Experts say the disease is likely not going to be the next pandemic and the worry is a result of heightened wariness for ...
Public health experts caution that the human metapneumovirus cases are part of the typical ebb and flow of respiratory virus ...
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 ...
in China. HMPV, which was discovered in 2001, is common but underdiagnosed due to its similarities to the common cold, according to the CDC. Cases of the virus in the United States are at "pre ...