Reports of a flu-like virus called HMPV in China have sparked online misinformation, including posts with tens of thousands ...

Amid fears of another global pandemic, social media users are circulating claims that all schools in China have been closed ...

Symptoms, spread and who it affects - Images of mask-clad patients in Chinese waiting rooms are igniting a Covid-related trauma response. Here’s the how two viruses differ ...

News of a respiratory virus spreading in China and footage of crowded hospitals have predictably led to panic, with concern that the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) may be COVID 2.0 for 2025.

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases continue to be reported in several states across India, although the number of cases is ...

Both HMPV and COVID-19 are respiratory illnesses, their differences in severity, systemic impact, and prevention strategies ...

In a statement made by the hospital authorities on Thursday, a man and a woman were admitted to Sawai Man Singh Hospital in ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are on the rise in England, according to latest figures from the UKHSA - here's ...

The World Health Organization said in January 2025 that China's reported levels of acute respiratory infections, including ...

But how worried should we really be? First things first: unlike Covid-19, what is happening in China is not a new virus, it is human metapneumovirus (HMPV), an “old” virus that was discovered ...

TWO babies have been hospitalised after testing positive for the HMPV virus in India as fears of a Covid-style outbreak spread across the region. This comes days after reports of a mysterious ...