The main thing to know about HMPV is that it has been around for a long time, whereas Covid was a novel virus. HMPV was first identified in the Netherlands in 2001, nearly 25 years ago.

MPV tends to hit hardest in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. A virologist explains.

Unlike Covid-19 and the flu, there’s no vaccine for HMPV or antiviral drugs to treat it. Instead, doctors care for seriously ill people by tending to their symptoms. An underestimated threat ...

Unlike COVID, HMPV is considered an “anonymous virus,” meaning many people infected with HMPV don’t know that they have it, dismissing their symptoms as cold or flu.

As the weather warms, it can bring along a wave of illnesses. Here are some summer bugs to watch for in 2023, including HMPV, Covid, enteroviruses, Lyme Disease and more.

First things first: unlike Covid-19, what is happening in China is not a new virus, it is human metapneumovirus (HMPV), an “old” virus that was discovered in the Netherlands in 2001.

Unlike the Covid-19 coronavirus, HMPV is not a novel virus, having been discovered in 2001, back when Rudy Giuliani was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, and Björk wore a swan dress to ...

Cases of the human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, have increased by about 36% in 2023, ... Moderna, a maker of a COVID-19 vaccine, has begun early clinical trials of a vaccine against HMPV.

Reports of a spike in HMPV cases in China may conjure eerie similarities to the early weeks of COVID-19, but public health experts say there are crucial differences — mainly that HMPV is a ...

While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts say. HMPV has circulated in humans for decades.

Experts say the HMPV outbreak in China is not of major concern — it is neither a new, mystery illness nor responsible for as many cases as COVID or other infections even this season.