Reports of a respiratory disease called human metapneumovirus (hMPV) spreading in China have stoked fears and misinformation on social media. Some posts claimed that this is a new virus and that ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a significant respiratory pathogen discovered in 2001, posing particular risks to specific populations, including pregnant women, who belong to high-risk groups.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is another in the catalog of respiratory viruses causing a stir. The virus peaked in spring, affecting a number of children and the elderly, per CNN. Most of the time ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), although discovered in 2001, is making headlines after an unspecified increase in cases was reported in China. Although it has not been officially pronounced by local ...

A big reason for this pressure is the spread of viruses including the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has seen a sharp increase in Wales during the first week of January. The virus is causing ...

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 ...

Amid rising concerns about Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), health officials and experts have urged calm. Dr Puneet Kumar, a consultant in internal medicine at a Mohali hospital, explains the ...

Ghana has recorded one case of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV). This is the first case detected since the country begun testing for human metapneumovirus hMPV in January 2025. Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, ...

First reported in children from the Netherlands in 2001. Retrospective studies have shown the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the human population from as early as the 1950s.