The discovery of Hendra foreshadowed three decades of emerging infectious diseases dominated by bat-borne zoonotic viruses – ...

Around 7,826 specimens were tested and British residents were told to "consider wearing a face mask" to prevent cases rising.

Mumps is caused by the paramyxovirus and is highly contagious. The infection typically affects children aged 5 to 9 years, particularly school-going kids, and is characterised by swelling in the ...

Nipah virus (NiV), a zoonotic paramyxovirus with significant human health implications, has garnered considerable attention due to its high fatality rates and potential for human-to-human ...

“It is one of the causes of respiratory tract infection in people of all ages and is a member of the family Paramyxovirus. The clinical picture of HMPV closely resembles that of RSV, since the ...

An 8-month-old baby in Bengaluru, India, has been diagnosed with the first known case of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the ...

What is HMPV? HMPV is a recently recognised virus from the paramyxovirus family. It was discovered by Dutch scientists in 200. It is known to cause upper and lower respiratory disease, and it ...

Human study aims to find first-ever defence to mitigate risk of zoonotic pathogen The first in-humans clinical trial of a vaccine candidate to protect against the deadly Nipah virus (NiV) ...

In this study, we used under-roost urine collection to further investigate the paramyxovirus diversity and ecology in this colony, which had been closed to contact with wild bats for 10 years at the ...

Each year there seems to be a new virus on the radar, and respiratory viruses are already being passed around like candy in 2025. The most recent virus capturing the attention of the masses is the ...

Another virus is causing concern in China five years after the Covid-19 pandemic left 122,000 people dead. An outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has hit several parts of the country ...