The child is undergoing treatment at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh and is stable now, the officials said. HMPV, discovered in 2001, belongs to the Paramyxoviridae family. It ...

A 10-year-old infant has been found to be infected with HMPV and has been admitted to Assam Medical College and Hospital.

China is facing a surge in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases, and people are rushing to pharmacies to buy what they believe ...

A 10-month-old in Assam has been diagnosed with human metapneumovirus, marking the first case this season. Treated at Assam Medical College and Hospital, the child is stable. The infection, detected ...

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

Another similarity to COVID: A case of HMPV can last about a week, with symptoms peaking around the third day, Dr. Hoy told ...

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.

A virus causing cold-like symptoms is making its seasonal rounds, and health officials are urging everyone to take preventive ...

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

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...

As respiratory illness season peaks, another virus is making its rounds—Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). Often overlooked, HMPV ...