As winter settles over Australia, it's not just the drop in temperature we notice—there's also a sharp rise in respiratory illnesses. Most of us are familiar with the usual winter players such as ...

Researchers in China recently published a study in Science Translational Medicine describing a new antibody cocktail for ...

Human challenge trials offer a complementary approach. By safely and deliberately exposing healthy adult volunteers to a well characterised virus under controlled conditions, researchers can generate ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and other seasonal viruses are on the rise across the northern hemisphere in early 2025, according to the World Health Organization. While news reports and social ...

Chinese health officials are reportedly monitoring an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). There is currently no evidence that the outbreak is out of the ordinary or that a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reports of a spike in HMPV cases in China may conjure eerie similarities to the early weeks of COVID-19, but public health experts ...

A virus that virtually nobody has ever heard of has spread across the United States, causing a 36% spike in cases in 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Doctors are keeping a closer eye on a little-known virus this season. According to the CDC reports of cases of the human metapneumovirus or hMPV spiked this spring. CDC officials ...

According to the CDC, HMPV goes around during specific annual seasons in the U.S., beginning in the winter and lasting until, or through, spring. The CDC's National Respiratory and Enteric Virus ...

Reports have been circulating about an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, with some speculating that the virus could spread much like COVID-19. Experts are saying there is no need for ...

John V. Williams is a professor of pediatrics, microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. In the year 2000, Dutch scientists went on a mission of exploration – not to ...