A bird-flu pandemic is far from inevitable. But health experts are closely monitoring an outbreak that could quickly escalate ...

The finding suggests the agency believes the totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely than a natural origin, but ...

Health experts have issued advice on the symptoms of human metapneumovirus, which can be serious for some people, as cases ...

In the midst of pandemic upheaval, researchers have gained fundamental insights about how the body fends off infections.

Known as human metapneumovirus (hMPV), this is one of the viruses that cause the common cold (upper respiratory infection).

That’s according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine earlier this month, which found that 4.5% ...

Child deaths in England have risen once more after a temporary drop during the Covid-19 pandemic, UK researchers have said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists New Hampshire as one of three states with high respiratory illness risk per its latest data, alongside New Jersey and Wisconsin. The latest numbers ...

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Ireland is on high alert after the UK reported a rise in cases of HMPV, the once 'mystery' virus that recently affected China ...

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Just three nasal injections of blood cells called platelets helped people whose smell was affected by covid-19 identify new ...