Did you or anyone you know get sick at some point during the spring, but tested negative for COVID — despite having very similar symptoms? It may have been a much lesser-known virus that surged for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. CDC says cases of human metapneumovirus – or HMPV – spiked this past spring. The virus can cause just as much misery as ...

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The medical journal The Lancet calls it a “mysterious” and “emerging” threat. PAHO, the Pan American Health Organization, has issued an epidemiological alert urging for increased prevention, ...

Cases of a little-known respiratory virus that causes common cold-like symptoms surged this spring in the U.S., according to recently released data. Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, has garnered ...

Health officials are seeing a spike in cases of a little-known respiratory virus – human metapneumovirus – HMPV. The virus doesn’t cause a severe infection, explained one epidemiologist, but it causes ...