A virus causing cold-like symptoms is making its seasonal rounds, and health officials are urging everyone to take preventive ...

China this week announced the discovery of a massive 2,800-kilometre lithium belt in the country’s west as well as a lithium ...

hMPV typically affects older adults and infants, according to a TOI Lifestyle report. In older individuals, the symptoms can ...

Human Metapneumo Virus (HMPV), discovered in 2001, triggers cold-like symptoms, affecting primarily young children, older adults, and those with weake ...

Doctors in Kolkata are observing an increase in respiratory infections among children, particularly with the RSV virus, which ...

However, hMPV is not new. It was first identified in 2001 and may have been circulating decades earlier, with recurring ...

Another similarity to COVID: A case of HMPV can last about a week, with symptoms peaking around the third day, Dr. Hoy told ...

In today’s health headlines, the HMPV virus and what you need to know. Plus, wildfire smoke and air quality, and is iodine ...

HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough and a runny or stuffy nose. There is no specific treatment for HMPV and at ...

The WHO has downplayed concerns over a rise in HMPV cases, saying outbreaks are normal during winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...

As respiratory illness season peaks, another virus is making its rounds—Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). Often overlooked, HMPV ...