A New Health Crisis? | Vantage with Palki Sharma China is once again at the centre of a health concern, five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Social media is abuzz with images and videos of crowded hospitals in northern China,

F ive years since the coronavirus pandemic started making local headlines in Wuhan, China, a respiratory virus is causing concern across the Asian country. Cases of the human meta

Despite surface similarities to COVID-19, this situation is very different, and far less worrisome, medical experts say.

The current HMPV situation in China is a new outbreak of a known and relatively well-understood virus that has likely circulated among humans for hundreds of years. HMPV cases have reportedly surged among young people in northern parts of China in recent weeks. Cases of rhinoviruses, a major cause of common colds, have also risen.

The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, a global health emergency. The WHO Director-General Tedros

China is facing a new virus outbreak, with the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) spreading rapidly, causing flu-like and COVID-19-like symptoms. Hospitals, especially children's hospitals, are overwhelmed.

China is experiencing an outbreak of a new virus referred to as human metapneumovirus (HMPV). The virus is most likely to affect children and the elderly.

A rise in cases of human metapneumovirus in China is stoking fears of a new health crisis, though authorities and experts say prospects for a sequel to the COVID-19 pandemic are remote. The big picture: HMPV is similar to respiratory syncytial virus,