Just when you thought 2025 was finally going to let you breathe (literally and figuratively), here comes another respiratory guest star to crash the winter party. Meet the Human Metapneumovirus, or ...

China is reportedly experiencing a surge in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), raising concerns about a potential health ...

"But still, everything else that we learned for COVID can apply to human metapneumovirus." To prevent illness, take similar steps to preventing other respiratory viruses, meaning wash hands with ...

It also doesn’t mutate and evolve to the same extent as Covid and influenza, meaning that while our immunity levels periodically wax and wane, depending on the level of exposure to hMPV in ...

A doctor has spoken out about the outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) to say it is nothing like Covid. Videos have spread on social media showing hospitals overrun with HMPV patients.

HMPV has circulated in humans for decades ... week that it would set up a monitoring system for pneumonia of unknown origin. It will include procedures for laboratories to report cases and ...

After reports that hospitals in China are seeing a spike in cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), people online are wondering about the origin of the virus. Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is not new.

A 3-month-old female infant was diagnosed with HMPV after being admitted to Baptist Hospital in Bengaluru with a history of bronchopneumonia. She has been discharged.

Recommended HMPV virus - latest ... A pilot programme has been launched to track pneumonia of unknown origin, ensuring labs and health agencies report and manage cases more effectively, state ...

HMPV can sometimes go on to cause other respiratory ... Both children had a previous history of bronchopneumonia, the newspaper said. Officials stressed that neither of the babies had traveled ...

Basic precautionary measures to combat HMPV include— wearing masks, avoiding close contact with people exhibiting flu-like ...