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.

Scientists are keeping an eye on a new virus that appears to have been transmitted from animals to humans in China and causes symptoms similar to COVID-19 or the flu.

More surveillance is needed of a new virus detected in dozens of people in eastern China that may not cause the next pandemic but suggests just how easily viruses can travel unnoticed from animals ...

Lunar New Year is to China what the Christmas-New Year holiday period is to the United States – except China’s 1.4 billion population is more than four times that of the US.

China is currently being confronted with a not yet well-known virus. A lot of people who have contracted the virus in ...

Nearly three dozen people have been sickened by a new virus spreading in China — with scientists warning it is too early to tell if it is deadly or if it spreads among humans.

As China lifts its stringent zero-COVID policy, public health messaging has taken a U-turn. People are grappling with the whiplash, trying to find a way to protect themselves and loved ones.

Scientists discovered a new virus in eastern China that may be able to jump from animals to humans. But health experts say it isn't cause for panic. Researchers identified the new pathogen they're ...

China’s “zero covid” policy initially saved lives, kept hospitals from being overwhelmed and gave the country time to disseminate vaccines. But it essentially pushed much of the pandemic’s ...

Nearly three dozen people in China have been sickened by a newly identified virus from the same family as the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, though there’s no evidence the pathogen can be ...

Chinese scientists knew the genetic makeup of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, two weeks before it shared this information with the rest of the world, according to a new report.