As infections from three viruses—human metapneumovirus (HMPV), bird flu, and norovirus—continue to climb, infectious disease and population health experts told Newsweek about the recent rise ...

Health concerns are growing amid a recent uptick in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), bird flu, and norovirus, per Newsweek. With typical winter respiratory viruses, including influenza ...

Third, genetic analysis by several different groups shows that the closest recent ancestor of HMPV is a bird virus, avian metapneumovirus. This is an agricultural pathogen of chickens and turkeys.

HMPV does not have the same potential as COVID-19 to cause a global pandemic. It spreads less easily, is less severe in most cases and has been a known seasonal virus for decades. Existing public ...

News of a respiratory virus spreading in China and footage of crowded hospitals have predictably led to panic, with concern that the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) may be COVID 2.0 for 2025.. Cases ...

Other research has suggested that HMPV diverged from avian MPV about 300 years ago. Like all viruses, HMPV evolves over time. But its rate of evolution is relatively slow compared with some other ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in northern China. Infectious disease experts say risk to the U.S. is low.

A common respiratory virus called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, has been spreading in some countries in Asia, including China, India, Malaysia and Kazakhstan. Here’s what we know ...