As fears rise following news of a surge in human metapneumovirus cases in China, the South African Health Department assures ...
However, hMPV is not new. It was first identified in 2001 and may have been circulating decades earlier, with recurring ...
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 WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
"Perhaps due to ideological differences and Orientalist clickbait business models, some international media rarely hesitate ...
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that it had maintained close communication with the World Health Organization ...
As China continues to monitor an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), here's what you need to know about the ...
In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...
The increase in cases of this pathogen in China resurrects old fears. Experts include it in the package of known winter ...
Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk ...
A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...
China will continue to see multiple pathogens fueling its winter illness outbreak through spring, the country’s CDC said in December 2024.