A virus that's not well known to the public is spiking in China. CDC officials said HMPV is not a cause for concern here, nor is it a new virus.

State and federal data show high levels of respiratory illnesses. Here's what to know about the illnesses circulating this winter, their symptoms and how to prevent them.

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Dr Saumitra Das said HMPV infection starts with common cold-like symptoms and if it becomes severe in bodies with weak ...

With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a ...

If a child sneezes in China, will the whole world catch a cold? Worse still, will a new pandemic sweep across all countries ...

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As China experiences a rise in respiratory infections this winter, one little-known virus has gotten a lot of attention – and some people may worry whether the rise ...

France’ s health ministry today reported the country ’ s first clade 1b mpox case, which involves a person from Brittany who ...

Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO), has said that HMPV is nothing to panic about. In a post on X, the researcher said that instead of focussing on ...