HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough and a runny or stuffy nose. There is no specific treatment for HMPV and at ...

The increase in cases of this pathogen in China resurrects old fears. Experts include it in the package of known winter ...

A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...

Reports that cases of a flu-like virus called HMPV are rising in China have sparked concern, but experts have dismissed fears ...

Reports of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a common respiratory illness that causes flu- and cold-like symptoms, are growing ...

HMPV is a respiratory virus that regularly circulates during cold and flu season. It is spread through coughing, sneezing and ...

One figure widely quoted by pest control companies: There are 1,000 pounds of termites for every human on Earth. If you like big numbers, the 2018 report is delicious reading. Recently ...

Elija Perrier receives funding from the Australian government. A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general intelligence”.

Human minibrains in little vials surprised scientists by surviving a stint in low-Earth orbit. US researchers sent lab-grown blobs of human neural tissue known as organoids for a short holiday on the ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

When modern humans arrived in New Guinea roughly 50,000 years ago, they met and mixed with the Denisovans, a now-extinct group of human ancestors who originated in Asia. But after that initial ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.