Reports of human metapneumovirus cases surging in northern China during the winter season have been circulating on news outlets internationally. The country had seen an increase, especially in children,

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

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.

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have reports of all the other respiratory pathogens including seasonal flu, rhinovirus and RSV.

Two suspected cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been reported in Nagpur, Maharashtra, raising concerns about the virus's spread i

The National Health and Research Council defines Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) as “a respiratory virus that causes a mild infection similar to a common cold or respiratory syncytial virus infection.”

The increase in cases of this pathogen in China resurrects old fears. Experts include it in the package of known winter viruses. China has done it again. The announcement of an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has raised alarms,

Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise concerns.