Maybe it was really a quadruple-demic. A little known and underappreciated virus called human metapneumovirus spiked in the US this spring just after RSV, influenza and Covid-19 died down.

Some people on social media have been discussing human metapneumovirus, or HMPV. Most people probably have not heard of the virus, but it’s no cause for alarm. It’s a respiratory illness that ...

Human metapneumovirus, or hMPV, is an infection that affects the upper and respiratory tract, according to the CDC. While it can affect people of all ages, the agency says young children, older ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said human metapneumovirus – also known as HMPV – filled intensive care units with children and seniors this spring.

Human metapneumovirus is a leading cause of acute respiratory infection, according to the American Lung Association. As with ...

No, there’s been a surge of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). In fact, in mid-March, at the height of the surge, over 19% of all respiratory secretion specimens polymerase chain reaction ...

The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is not new in China or elsewhere in the world, its recent spike in China is within the usual range for winter and there is no evidence that China has declared a ...

We sought to determine the role of human metapneumovirus in lower respiratory tract illness in previously healthy infants and children.We tested nasal-wash specimens, obtained over a 25-year period ...

A boy receives nebulizer treatment in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Jan. 7, 2025, as the Indian Council of Medical Research confirmed the country's first cases of the human metapneumovirus ...

Maybe it was really a quadruple-demic. A little known and underappreciated virus called human metapneumovirus spiked in the US this spring just after RSV, influenza and Covid-19 died down.