The COVID-19 virus – SARS-CoV-2 – evolved directly or indirectly from a beta-coronavirus in the SARS-like virus group that circulates in Asian bats and pangolins.

HMPV virus: How it may affect high-risk groups Here's what high-risk groups infected with the HMPV virus may experience, as per the information provided by Max Healthcare: Young children ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, a contagious virus that can lead to respiratory disease, is reportedly spiking in northern China. Infectious disease experts say risk to the U.S. is low.

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

Older adults had a lower risk of dying from the flu when they took  oseltamivir (Tamiflu) during influenza hospitalizations, regardless of whether or not they were vaccinated against the virus, a new ...

Health experts note the virus has been around for decades and in most people, is similar to a cold. Prof Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group in the Department of Paediatrics ...

A clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing an experimental treatment designed to help ...

A team of virologists, infectious disease specialists and pathobiologists affiliated with several institutions in China and ...

A total of 379 patients were enrolled in this study. Baseline characteristics of each group are presented in Table 1. There were no significant differences in sex, other malignancies, alcohol ...