Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), although discovered in 2001, is making headlines after an unspecified increase in cases was reported in China. Although it has not been officially pronounced by local ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is another in the catalog of respiratory viruses causing a stir. The virus peaked in spring, affecting a number of children and the elderly, per CNN. Most of the time ...

It can lead to red, itchy, and watery eyes, which can come under the list of lesser known symptoms of hMPV," says Dr Aggarwal. During an analysis, published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews in ...

First reported in children from the Netherlands in 2001. Retrospective studies have shown the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the human population from as early as the 1950s.

Cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are rising in the UK, weeks after images of packed hospital waiting rooms in China sparked alarm on social media. It was dubbed the “mystery virus” as ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) causes respiratory infections, mainly affecting young children and the elderly. It is spread through respiratory droplets and can lead to severe complications.

Union Health Secretary Ms. Punya Salila Srivastava chaired a virtual meeting with States and UTs to review the current respiratory illness situation and the rise in Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV ...

People in the UK have been advised to avoid some medical settings and to wear masks in some hospitals and clinics after a rise in cases of a virus now as HMPV. Infections caused concern when there ...

Ghana has recorded one case of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV). This is the first case detected since the country begun testing for human metapneumovirus hMPV in January 2025. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh ...

The HMPV is a respiratory virus that can cause mild to severe illness. The vulnerable group includes young children, older adults, and individuals with weakened immune systems A one-year-old girl ...

hVIVO plc (AIM: HVO), a fast-growing early-stage Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and the world leader in human challenge clinical trials, announces that, following the success of its pilot human ...

The Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has confirmed the detection of a single case of the Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) in Ghana. According to him, the case was detected in an elderly adult ...