The state health department of Kolkata has requested pathological labs to preserve HMVP positive samples for possible genomic ...

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

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued a statement assuring the public that there is no need to panic about the reported cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV).

Amid rising concern around respiratory illnesses in India, several state governments have raised surveillances and issued ...

Routine mask usage isn’t necessary for HMPV. Masks are primarily protective in cases of aerosol-based spread which was the ...

Even though HMPV is not a new virus its re-emergence requires constant preventive efforts Simple yet effective measures can go a long way in mitigating its spread Read ahead to know them!

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

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

Even as the world fixates on hMPV, a genuine pandemic threat is emerging in the form of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has jumped ...

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

Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk ...