(NEXSTAR) — Respiratory illnesses are spreading throughout the U.S., causing multiple states to see a spike in hospital ...

The good news first: China's latest virus outbreak â the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) - is yet to travel to the United States and the American medical community is taking no chances this time. The ...

HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough ...

A viral outbreak in China sounds alarmingly familiar to 2019, back in the days before most of us had ever heard of the “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”, better known as Covid-19.

In the United States, HMPV cases have seen an increase since ... With HMPV back in the news, here's what you need to know about the virus and how you can protect yourself. According to the CDC ...

HMPV is similar to a virus that is better known in the United States — respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V. It causes symptoms much like those associated with flu and Covid, including cough ...

Health experts told Newsweek about the threats posed by the viruses and shared the best ways to protect oneself.

Reports of a respiratory disease called human metapneumovirus (hMPV) spreading in China have stoked fears and misinformation ...

The virus peaks during late winter and spring, according to the United States-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. First identified in 2001 in the Netherlands, the disease is very common, ...

It’s been in the human population for a long time. It is a common virus that circulates in winter and spring.” In the United States, the CDC tracks cases of HMPV in the same way it tracks the spread ...

and that most respiratory virus hospitalizations are caused by influenza A. In the United States, less than 2 percent of patients tested for respiratory viruses in late December had HMPV ...

Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States and such activity "is expected to continue for several ...