A new study shows that while RSV mostly affects younger kids, the often-overlooked human metapneumovirus also hospitalizes ...

Since 1964, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had regularly reviewed the evidence on the safety and ...

The presence of more comorbidities was linked to longer hospital stays and worse clinical outcomes among patients with RSV-, influenza-, and hMPV-related pneumonia.

"The AAP urges every insurer to cover all the vaccines that are included in this immunization schedule," Kressley said. "AAP ...

The AAP’s other vaccine recommendations largely mirror those of ACIP. The new schedule also addresses recent updates on ...

American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Its Own Evidence-Based Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents from Birth ...

It is a seasonal disease that usually occur s in the winter and early spring, similar to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and the flu. In the US, HMPV circulates in distinct annual seasons.

Human metapneumovirus, or hMPV, was first identified 24 years ago by a group of Dutch scientists seeking to better characterize viruses responsible for acute respiratory infections.

But hMPV, which causes respiratory tract infections similar to colds and flu, is not new in China or elsewhere in the world and, as of Jan. 9, Chinese officials have not declared any emergency ...