Chinese hospitals are treating more cases of flu than human metapneumovirus (HMPV) this winter, according to doctors at various hospitals around the country, downplaying foreign media reports that ...

While the flu is an old foe, HMPV emerges as a new potential ... reminiscent of the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts have urged Chinese authorities to provide more information about ...

Chinese authorities Tuesday reported the first case in humans of H3N8 Avian influenza, although health specialists explained the risk of a large-scale epidemic was low. The patient is a four-year ...

A deadly Chinese flu is sweeping the country with children seeming to be at particular risk. Eight children - aged between 18 months and 16 years - are feared to have died from the Fujian strain ...

Outbreaks of a potentially deadly Chinese flu have almost doubled among children in less than a week. Parts of the North and central England are the worst affected by the virus, which starts with ...

Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans from chickens. In a study published online in ...

Here's a quick primer on the bird flu — when it started, how it spreads and what you can do to protect against it.

who died from flu-triggered pneumonia. Hsu’s death, which was publicly on Monday and happened while she was travelling in Japan with her family, not only sent shock waves through the Chinese ...

Chronically ill patients should consider delaying any planned trips to countries battling flu surges, Hong Kong medical experts have warned, while also urging travellers to keep a record of local ...