Australians have been told not to panic over an outbreak of the respiratory infection metapneumovirus (HMPV), which is reported to be overwhelming hospitals in China - but experts are closely ...

Cases of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are on the rise in China, causing global concern. The respiratory virus is not new, but much of the public was previously unaware of its existence.

As we are emerging from a "tripledemic" of RSV, Covid-19, and the flu, another virus is making its rounds. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is another in the catalog of respiratory viruses causing a stir.

Surveillance data from the CDC's National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) reveals that in the United States, HMPV is most active during late winter and spring in ...