Fact Check: Human metapneumovirus in China is not ‘new,’ no state of emergency declared
A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence of a new virus spreading in the country with some posts claiming it prompted China to declare a state of emergency.
Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in ...
In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...
While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged five years ago, ...
Five years after the first cases of COVID-19, reports of hMPV, an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...
Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and other seasonal viruses are on the rise across the northern hemisphere in early 2025 ...
Unlike COVID-19, human metapneumovirus has been around for decades, and we understand how it spreads and how to treat it.
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China has identified a new strain of the mutated monkeypox virus, clade 1b, traced to a traveler from the Democratic Republic ...
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