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 ...

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 ...

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

A viral outbreak in China sounds alarmingly familiar to 2019, back in the days before most of us had ever heard of the “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”, better known as Covid-19.

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 ...

The HMPV symptoms are primarily mild cold, but in high-risk groups, they can escalate to bronchiolitis or pneumonia, which is ...