Cases are climbing in China, but the situation is very different from when COVID-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts say. HMPV is common and decades old.

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

The human metapneumovirus is reportedly surging in China, but should Americans be concerned? Here's what to know about HMPV symptoms and more.

With cases of HMPV surging in China, people are fearing a Covid-like pandemic hitting the UK – but how worried should we be?

A rise in cases of human metapneumovirus in China is stoking fears of a new health crisis, though authorities and experts say prospects for a sequel to the COVID-19 pandemic are remote. The big picture: HMPV is similar to respiratory syncytial virus,

Authorities in Beijing have downplayed surge in cases, which comes five years after world was first alerted to emergence of Covid-19

The virus, first identified in 2001, is one of a handful of respiratory illnesses spreading this winter. This is what we know about the current outbreak. View on euronews

High levels of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been reported in parts of China. The news has sparked some concern, no doubt reminding people of a certain virus that erupted from this part of the world almost exactly five years ago.

China has raised an alarm about another virus, five years after the Covid-19 pandemic, as it has now spread to other countries. Cases of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) involving infants – first, a three-month-old girl and later,