You may have heard recent news reports about a surge in cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in China. But Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), discovered in 2001, poses significant risks to pregnant women due to altered immune and respiratory systems. These women are more susceptible to severe infections ...

The sprouting of HMPV cases in India, has been a major point of discussion and has caused a lot of anxiety among people, who are comparing it with COVID-19. Although the term has surfaced now ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are rising in the UK, weeks after images of packed hospital waiting rooms in China sparked alarm on social media. It was dubbed the “mystery virus” as ...

Cases of the HMPV virus are dramatically rising in the UK, just weeks after reports of the ‘mystery’ illness in China sparked concern online about another pandemic. Health bosses in the UK are ...

Latest UK Health Security Agency data show one in 20 (5 per cent) of hospital swabs for respiratory infections in England came back positive for human metaphneumovirus (HMPV) in the week ending ...

The Human Metapneumovirus or HMPV has been doing its rounds since China recorded the outbreak in December 2024. It is a virus that causes respiratory infections and it is very similar to the flu ...

Guwahati: A 75-year-old woman has been detected with human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in Guwahati, the second such case this season in Assam, and the patient is undergoing treatment at a ...

A 30-year-old woman diagnosed with human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and multiple other health complications died at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Mohakhali on Wednesday. First HMPV case of the ...

We’ve seen increased interest in recent weeks in the number of cases of respiratory illness caused by the human metapneumovirus, also known as hMPV. In fact, hMPV is a common virus that has been ...

While headlines have described it as a "mystery illness," health experts have known about the HMPV for decades. The respiratory virus can be a serious health threat, particularly for children and ...