Health experts are warning of a 'quad-demic' this winter, as four viral infections spread simultaneously in the UK and US.

WHO former chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the HMPV infection has been in circulation in India for several years, but has come as a "bit of shock" to the people as it is not frequently talked ...

Pictures of hospitals being overrun with patients as a respiratory virus wreaks havoc in China has caused alarm in the West.

India authorities step up monitoring after human metapneumovirus outbreak in China - China, Malaysia and Kazakhstan are among ...

Cases of a respiratory virus that causes flu-like symptoms are surging in China, raising plenty of questions about what this ...

HMPV has many of the same symptoms of mild, common winter woes like cold and flu, but it can lead to much more severe ...

World: Virus expert Dr Andrew Catchpole said the UK authorities "need more information on the specific strain circulating" to ...

Global crude oil exports declined in 2024 for the first time since the pandemic due to weaker demand, reshuffled trade routes ...

Texas Department of State Health Services data showed less than 50 HMPV-positive cases each week in December across the state ...

Professor Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia notes that almost every child contracts HMPV by five years of age, ...

A Chinese director who made a film about the 2022 "white paper" demonstrations against China's COVID restrictions was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Shanghai court this week, his ...

The 2022 protests against Covid lockdown and subsequent crackdown on people marked a rare show of dissent in China ...