The UK Health Security Agency has warned that cases of the 'mystery' virus have increased once more in the UK in the past ...

As the winter season drags on, reports have emerged of a record high in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections. But what is ...

Hospitals in China were overrun with cases of the virus earlier this month, with images showing wards full of children ...

New data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that one in 20 of hospital swabs for respiratory infections in ...

A professor has explained that HMPV has been around for at least 300 years and millions of us get it every year ...

ShareFears have been triggered globally ever since the news of many masked patients seen attending several hospitals in China ...

The UK Health Security Agency has given an update on the 'mystery' virus, which was later identified as HMPV, as cases soar ...

In the majority of cases, HMPV causes only mild illness, but in some very young children, the elderly and people with ...

You may have heard recent news reports about a surge in cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

Known as human metapneumovirus (hMPV), this is one of the viruses that cause the common cold (upper respiratory infection).