Human metapneumovirus (HMPV ... and then examined under an electron microscope. Researchers observed a virus with structural similarities to the paramyxoviridae family, which includes viruses ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a commonly found virus that can cause respiratory illness. Although it typically has no symptoms in healthy people, it can cause serious sickness in older adults, those ...

Health experts told Newsweek about the threats posed by the viruses and shared the best ways to protect oneself.

Despite reports of an increase in human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infections in China, the world is not facing a new pandemic.

First reported in children from the Netherlands in 2001. Retrospective studies have shown the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the human population from as early as the 1950s.