Recently, an 80-year-old man in Ahmedabad tested positive for human metapneumovirus (hMPV), adding to the growing cases of hMPV in India. This has sparked confusion among the public, with many ...

HMPV has circulated in humans for decades. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen covers global health. Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory virus in China have evoked dark echoes of the start ...

hMPV triggers both innate and adaptive immune responses,” said Dr. Vasso Apostolopoulos, a professor of immunology at RMIT University. “The innate response activates interferons and cytokines to ...

With HMPV back in the news, here's what you need to know about the virus and how you can protect yourself. According to the CDC, HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease and can be ...

Bird flu (H5N1) has been transmitted from animals to humans in the United States, while HMPV cases are on the rise in China. Meanwhile, norovirus, a non-respiratory virus, has reached its highest ...

But HMPV or human metapneumovirus, is not novel, has been around for decades, and state health officials do not track case numbers. The virus is in the same family as another common wintertime ...

HMPV, which usually causes cold-like symptoms, has been partly blamed for a viral outbreak in China that is reportedly overwhelming hospitals in the country's northern provinces. While the virus ...

Editor's note: This is an emerging story and will be updated. A viral infection called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is on the rise among children in China, according to Chinese state media.

Kashmir's leading scientist and gastroenterologist, Prof M Sultran Khuroo writes about the evolution of the Human ...

A rise in viral respiratory illness is common in this season and happens everywhere. It's important to understand that HMPV is nothing like Covid-19 since we have all likely been exposed to it ...

A reported increase in cases of the respiratory virus human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has caused alarm on social media. Photos and videos of crowded hospitals shared online have many people — ...