News outlets and social media posts have commented on the outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, suggesting that the little-known virus could cause a pandemic similar to COVID-19.

News reports and social media posts are warning of a new outbreak of a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, but officials are yet to confirm this. Instead, official ...

Authorities in China said they are monitoring cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, after a reported increase inside the country, according to Reuters. Although cases are increasing at a rapid ...

China is reportedly dealing with a spike of a flulike respiratory infection whose symptoms include coughing, fever, nasal congestion and wheezing, caused by human metapneumovirus, or HMPV.

HMPV commonly circulates during respiratory virus season, experts say. Chinese health officials are reportedly monitoring an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). There is currently ...

Cases of a common respiratory virus called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are surging in several Asian countries, but experts say the situation shouldn’t trigger fears of a larger global health ...

The human metapneumovirus, also known as HMPV, is reportedly surging in China, raising questions about what the illness is and if it's a concern to those in the U.S. Officials in India have also ...

According to the CDC, HMPV goes around during specific annual seasons in the U.S., beginning in the winter and lasting until, or through, spring. The CDC's National Respiratory and Enteric Virus ...

The recent HMPV cases were identified in Nagpur, following the previous day's reports of two cases in Bengaluru, as well as one each in Ahmedabad, Chennai, and Salem. India on Tuesday recorded two ...

Beijing has experienced a surge in flu-like HMPV cases, especially among children, which it attributed to a seasonal spike [Getty Images] In recent weeks, scenes of hospitals in China overrun with ...

While HMPV infection cases have created panic in India, especially at a time when outbreaks have been reported in China, health experts are urging people not to panic. A new study has shed light ...

But there's one virus in particular, the Human Metapneumovirus, known as HMPV, which is garnering a lot of attention on socials and in the news – but what actually is HMPV, and is it really anything ...