HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough and a runny or stuffy nose. There is no specific treatment for HMPV and at ...

From October 2005 to April 2006 and from October 2006 to April 2007, nasal washes were obtained from 154 and 193 children respectively, who were hospitalized for ARI in the Pediatric Unit of the ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a respiratory virus that may not be on most folk’s radars, but it’s more common than you think — and chances are, you’ve already had it. A recent “outbreak” in northern ...

China has not declared a state of emergency. PolitiFact checked multiple Chinese and U.S. government websites and found no public health emergency announcements. One of the respiratory viruses social ...

News of a respiratory virus spreading in China and footage of crowded hospitals have predictably led to panic, with concern that the human metapneumovirus ... Journal of the Pediatric Infectious ...

A 4-year-old boy in Ahmedabad has been diagnosed with human metapneumovirus, increasing Gujarat's cases to eight. The child is in stable condition. The virus, spreading since 2001, resembles the ...

Human metapneumovirus is a leading cause of acute ... While the vast majority will fare fine at home, as many as 10% of pediatric hospitalizations are due to lower respiratory infections caused ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring reports of a spike in human metapneumovirus (HMPV ... Patients wait at a pediatric and emergency area of a hospital amid a spike ...

Dr. Vamsidhar Kedar, Senior Consultant Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases ... to help families combat this emerging concern. “Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a common respiratory virus that ...

I think we just need to get more information," said Dr. Megan Martin, a pediatric Emergency Management ... increase in cases of an illness called human metapneumovirus (HMPV).