As China continues to monitor an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), here's what you need to know about the ...

and can circulate simultaneously with RSV and the flu during the respiratory virus season. Experts say the HMPV outbreak in China is not of major concern — it is neither a new, mystery illness ...

The virus, first identified in 2001, is one of a handful of respiratory illnesses spreading this winter. This is what we know ...

HMPV has circulated in humans for decades. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen covers global health. Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory virus in China have evoked dark echoes of the start ...

Cases begin rising across parts of the world after outbreak in China - India, Malaysia and Kazakhstan have began reporting cases of the virus ...

Social media posts showed hospital wards overflowing with young children as tots were struck down by the nasty illness, which ...

An uptick of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases in China has raised concerns over another pandemic, which appear to be unfounded ...

A common respiratory virus called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, has been spreading in some countries in Asia, including China, India, Malaysia and Kazakhstan. Here’s what we know ...

HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough ...

HMPV infections are spreading in China while cases of flu-like disease have also been found in India and the UK.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a flu-like illness first discovered in 2001, is rapidly spreading, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Although officials have not ...

CDC officials confirmed to USA TODAY that an uptick in HMPV virus cases in China is being monitored closely. "CDC is aware of reported increases of HMPV in China and is in regular contact with ...