Beijing has made a fresh rebuke to some voices labeling China's recent cases of infection with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, as an "unknown virus", calling such claims "run counter to basic ...

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.

"Perhaps due to ideological differences and Orientalist clickbait business models, some international media rarely hesitate ...

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

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

The increase in cases of this pathogen in China resurrects old fears. Experts include it in the package of known winter ...

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

A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and other seasonal viruses are on the rise across the northern hemisphere in early 2025 ...

Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...

News of a respiratory virus spreading in China and footage of crowded hospitals has predictably led to panic among the people ...