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The rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in the US has health authorities on alert.

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Doctors are warning people to stay watchful as human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a seasonal respiratory virus connected to ...

People living with HIV represent a unique population in the field of infectious disease and immunology due to persistent immune dysregulation and an ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus with no vaccine and no targeted antiviral treatment, is among the respiratory illnesses currently going around in the United States alongside ...

A patient with diabetes presents with fever, general malaise, and a superficial ulcer on the foot. There is no surrounding erythema. He cannot recall any significant trauma. You also withhold ...

"TMVII is a specific type of fungus that is part of a larger family that causes the usually benign but irksome conditions such as ringworm, jock itch and athlete's foot," Dr. Hayden Andrews, an ...

Despite well-established links between pathogens and chronic illness, the U.S. government continues to weaken public health measures to treat and prevent infectious diseases — a strategy that will ...

Respiratory tract infections continue to impose a substantial global disease burden, with lower respiratory tract infections remaining the leading cause of death worldwide. According to 2021 data from ...

Share on Pinterest Despite the recent outbreak in India, health experts suggest the Nipah virus is an unlikely candidate for a global pandemic. Image credit: CharlesGibson/Getty Images Two new cases ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...