A study published in the Lancet estimated that in 2018, HMPV caused 643,000 hospital admissions and 16,100 deaths worldwide among children younger than 5. Also unlike COVID, HMPV has been around ...

While HMPV can cause severe lung infections in vulnerable people, it doesn't have the high death rate seen in severe Covid-19 cases. Most HMPV infections are mild, so healthcare systems can ...

BEIJING (AP) — The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said Sunday, amid some international concern over a ...

According to the latest data released by the CDC, during the week of 23-29 December the HMPV positive rate ranked among the top three in both outpatient and inpatient cases of respiratory ...

Like all viruses, HMPV evolves over time. But its rate of evolution is relatively slow compared with some other viruses. "HMPV is one of the commoner respiratory viruses. Even after childhood ...

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 deluge of disinformation about a flu-like virus called HMPV is stoking anti-China sentiment across Asia and spurring unfounded concerns of renewed lockdowns, despite experts dismissing ...

The UK Health Security Agency also monitors trends for common respiratory viruses. It reported that the weekly positivity rate for hMPV tests had risen to about 4.9% in mid January. Although this is ...

demonstrating strong infection and symptomatic response rates. It also confirmed the optimal dose of the challenge agent, validating the viability of hVIVO’s hMPV human challenge model. This next ...