The human metapneumovirus is reportedly surging in China, but should Americans be concerned? Here's what to know about HMPV symptoms and more.

As cases of the HMPV virus continue to increase in the U.S. and in China, here's what you need to know about the virus.

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.

Is this annual respiratory virus season really as bad as it seems? - IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via The evidence has been piling up all around us for months. Lurid headlines warning of a “quad-demic” and a mysterious virus spreading in China;

Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise concerns.