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

Despite surface similarities to COVID-19, this situation is very different, and far less worrisome, medical experts say.

Texas Department of State Health Services data showed less than 50 HMPV-positive cases each week in December across the state.

Cases begin rising in India and other parts of world after outbreak in China - India, Malaysia and Kazakhstan are among the other countries that have reported cases of the virus

A surge in respiratory infections in China has put in focus a little known virus—the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)—largely affecting children under the age of 14. The virus shares some similarities with covid-19,

A rise in cases of human metapneumovirus in China is stoking fears of a new health crisis, though authorities and experts say prospects for a sequel to the COVID-19 pandemic are remote. The big picture: HMPV is similar to respiratory syncytial virus,

Authorities in Beijing have downplayed surge in cases, which comes five years after world was first alerted to emergence of Covid-19

The virus, first identified in 2001, is one of a handful of respiratory illnesses spreading this winter. This is what we know about the current outbreak. View on euronews

Human metapneumovirus, HMPV, is a respiratory illness on the rise in China. A part of India is also under Covid rules amid fears of the virus spreading.

China has raised an alarm about another virus, five years after the Covid-19 pandemic, as it has now spread to other countries. Cases of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) involving infants – first, a three-month-old girl and later,