Assurance from National Health Commission comes amid fears of surging respiratory illness, with disease expert citing slowing ...

The virus primarily affects children under 14, individuals aged 65 and older, and those with underlying health conditions ...

Chinese health officials give update on virus infection rate - The update comes amid international concern over a potential ...

Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni, , emphasised the dangers of these products, warning that they could cause ...

China said on Sunday that it had seen a decline in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) among people in the north and in children ...

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic ...

Amid attention on human metapneumovirus (HMPV) due to an outbreak in China, Indian health experts stress the virus is not new. With effective testing and preventive measures, India is prepared to ...

One case of HMPV virus infection has been detected in the country, said the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research IEDCR. The infected patient is a woman who was admitted to the ...

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 ...