A virus rapidly spreading in China is also circulating in the United States, causing concern among health experts.

Known as human metapneumovirus (hMPV), this is one of the viruses that cause the common cold (upper respiratory infection).

The patients, a 70-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman, were admitted to Sawai Man Singh Hospital (SMSH) on Thursday and ...

The weekly HMPV cases among acute respiratory infection (ARI) samples in the community in Singapore were up to between 5.5 per cent and 9 per cent in December 2024, from a range of 0.8 per cent to 9 ...

Ben Condon was just two months old when he died after developing a respiratory illness - he is now the subject of a new ...

We’ve seen lots of claims about human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in recent weeks. This explainer looks at what we know about it.

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a respiratory virus that may not be on most folk’s radars, but it’s more common than you think — and chances are, you’ve already had it. A recent “outbreak” in northern ...

The father of a baby who died in hospital claims doctors "intentionally" did not disclose his son had a fatal infection until ...

Human metapneumovirus is one of the viruses that ... Young children under the age of five and older o adults are most likely to experience a serious illness from hMPV. Those with health conditions ...