Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is said to be spreading rapidly in China, with users on the social media app Weibo saying that ...

Amid fears of another global pandemic, social media users are circulating claims that all schools in China have been closed ...

Reports have emerged that patients aged from their 50s to 70s in China testing positive for HMPV are going on to develop ...

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

In China, there have been reports of increased cases of mycoplasma, a bacterial cause of pneumonia, as well as influenza and hMPV. There are many factors that may have impacted the epidemiology of ...

The WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern ...

China's diseases control authority said on Friday that it was piloting a monitoring system for pneumonia of unknown origin, ...

On December 31, 2019, the WHO’s China office noted a cluster of “pneumonia” cases in a statement from health authorities in Wuhan. More than three weeks later, Chinese authorities locked ...

Experts say the HMPV outbreak in China is not of major concern — it ... will develop a lower respiratory tract infection like pneumonia," the clinic's website adds. HMPV is transmitted through ...

Health officials have reported a rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections among children ages 14 and under in China, but the exact magnitude of this uptick is unclear.

The WHO recounted how on Dec. 31, 2019, its country office in China picked up a media statement from the health authorities in Wuhan concerning cases of "viral pneumonia" in the city. "In the ...