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The World Health Organization has said that the metapneumovirus (hMPV) that caused the outbreak in China is not a new virus, ...

The World Health Organization has released a statement on the reported outbreak of human metapneumovirus in China and elsewhere.

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China has not declared a state of emergency. PolitiFact checked multiple Chinese and U.S. government websites and found no public health emergency announcements. One of the respiratory viruses social ...

Have you seen reports about a “new” virus spreading in China? HMPV was first identified in 2001. Here are the symptoms it ...

As China experiences a rise in respiratory infections this winter, one little-known virus has gotten a lot of attention – and ...

The pictures emerging are arresting: a hospital waiting room in Beijing, full of masked patients apparently attached to drips ...

As China continues to monitor an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), here's what you need to know about the ...

Cases are climbing in China, but the situation is very different from when COVID-19 emerged five years ago, medical experts ...