There is no vaccine for HMPV and the influenza vaccine does not provide protection against HMPV infection. The public, especially young children, the elderly and those with Janil Puthucheary on ...

We’ve seen increased interest in recent weeks in the number of cases of respiratory illness caused by the human metapneumovirus, also known as hMPV. Some headlines have referred to a “mystery virus”, ...

We’ve seen increased interest in recent weeks in the number of cases of respiratory illness caused by the human metapneumovirus, also known as hMPV. In fact, hMPV is a common virus that has been ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), once dubbed the “mystery virus”, continue to rise in the UK, according to the latest health figures. UK health bosses are on high alert as the latest ...

Latest UK Health Security Agency data show one in 20 (5 per cent) of hospital swabs for respiratory infections in England came back positive for human metaphneumovirus (HMPV) in the week ending ...

But what is this virus? Known as the human metapneumovirus (shortened to HMPV), and it isn't new. At first when cases were reported in China, there was a lot of uncertainty about what it was ...

People in the UK have been advised to avoid some medical settings and to wear masks in some hospitals and clinics after a rise in cases of a virus now as HMPV. Infections caused concern when there ...

Health authorities have pinpointed six key symptoms of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) to be aware of as cases of the relatively unknown illness rise across the UK. According to the UK Health ...

The UK's Health Security Agency has switched to "high alert" following an uptick in cases of a virus, initially tagged as a "mystery" illness but now confirmed as HMPV. In January, China took ...

Official data shows one in 20 hospital patients tested for respiratory infections in England were positive for human metapneumovirus (hMPV) as of January 13. This is the highest figure for the ...

Cases of the HMPV virus are dramatically rising in the UK, just weeks after reports of the ‘mystery’ illness in China sparked concern online about another pandemic. Health bosses in the UK are ...