Human Metapneumovirus HMPV China: There has been a sudden rise in the number of a rare disease called Human Metapneumovirus HMPV in China. The virus, which is spreading rapidly in China ...

Five years after the COVID-19 outbreak turned the world upside down, China is experiencing a new outbreak. Shortly after 2025 began, news circulated of an infection known as human metapneumovirus ...

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 ...

CoV-2, was found in horseshoe bats in China and can bind to human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19. A new coronavirus ...

Chinese scientists have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, capable of binding to human cells, raising fresh concerns.

Agence France-Presse’s fact-checkers have debunked a slew of social media posts about the usually non-fatal respiratory disease human metapneumovirus after cases rose in China. Many of these posts ...

Last month, it was reported that an outbreak of a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) had overwhelmed some hospitals in China. It normally causes a mild cold-like illness, including ...

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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 ...

“In response to a recent increase in respiratory cases in China and some temperate countries in December 2024, as part of our routine surveillance, we commenced testing for Human metapneumovirus ...