The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is a reported spike in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, and ...

In the U.S., cases of HMPV remain low but have been steadily rising since Nov. 2024, as reported by the CDC. As of Dec. 28, 1 ...

In light of the news of a possible human metapneumovirus outbreak in China, officials talk to Newsweek about the risk to Americans.

The CDC’s actions come in response to China’s government-run media confirming that positivity rates of HMPV hare rising in children under the age of 14, despite respiratory illnesses being ...

Disease experts have called on Chinese authorities to reveal critical data about a worrying outbreak of HMPV, which can be ...

Meanwhile, China Daily noted that the overall spread ... Additionally, according to the U.S. CDC, there are no specific antiviral treatments for the virus. Rather, treatment for HMPV is supportive ...

The Communicable Disease Control Department (CDC) of the Ministry of Health has issued a warning regarding the outbreak of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China. The virus, which causes symptoms ...

There is no evidence yet that the outbreak is extraordinary yet and Chinese officials have pushed back against claims of yet another pandemic.

According to the China CDC's latest data, there is a marked increase in flu positivity rates compared to previous weeks, although infections caused by rhinovirus and mycoplasma pneumoniae are ...

The CDC was unable to confirm illness in that child ... This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. China’s latest virus surge is the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has also ...

The H5N1 bird flu isn’t new. The CDC says the virus was first identified in Southern China in domestic waterfowl in 1996. In 1997, it spread to 18 people in China and Hong Kong. Six of those ...