The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has recorded a 'significant increase' in China and is now reportedly spreading to other ...

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Concerns surfaced in recent days over a surge in HMPV infections in northern China after images circulated online of ...

The Chinese Health official said that the increase in recent years in the number of cases of the virus, first detected in the Netherlands in 2001, is due to better detection methods.

Chinese health officials give update on virus infection rate - The update comes amid international concern over a potential ...

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

The fifth anniversary of the first known death from Covid-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China Saturday, with no official ...

However, hMPV is not new. It was first identified in 2001 and may have been circulating decades earlier, with recurring ...

The WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern ...

HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough and a runny or stuffy nose. There is no specific treatment for HMPV and at ...

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that it had maintained close communication with the World Health Organization ...