With India reporting its fourth case of the highly contagious Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), public concerns are growing over the possibility of a looming pandemic. Taking cognizance of the situation, ...

India recently. As cases of the virus surged in China, concerns spread in India, with some drawing comparisons to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. In response, Union Health Minister JP Nadda reassured ...

Basic precautionary measures to combat HMPV include— wearing masks, avoiding close contact with people exhibiting flu-like ...

The virus, which was first isolated in 2001, is just like any other respiratory virus that spreads through air, entering the body via nose, mouth, or eyes after one comes in close contact with an ...

A 75-year-old woman in Assam has been detected with the Chinese virus, taking the number of cases in the state to two.

TWO babies have been hospitalised after testing positive for the HMPV virus in India as fears of a Covid-style outbreak spread across the region. This comes days after reports of a mysterious ...

Reports of a flu-like virus called HMPV in China have sparked online misinformation, including posts with tens of thousands ...

HMPV causes mild illness in most adults. However, it poses a higher risk to specific vulnerable groups. These people need to be careful. Read on as Dr. Vikas Mittal shares how HMPV affects people and ...

There are fears that human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is spreading further across Asia after two sick babies were hospitalized and diagnosed with the virus in India. China earlier revealed it has been ...

A release from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's health department informed that an elderly woman from Mehsana district ...

Experts said that HMPV and COVID-19 are very different. HMPV has been around for decades and there is some built-in immunity ...

The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has recorded a 'significant increase' in China and is now reportedly spreading to other ...