In a recent study of the contiguous United States, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers found that the risk of disease ...

A week before actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease in their New Mexico home last month, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, had died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare pulmonary disease linked to ...

To minimize risk of exposure to hantavirus: Air out closed-up structures like cabins, sheds and stored vehicles before entering them. Use traps to control mouse populations. Seal homes, buildings and ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — San Diego County officials announced Monday that a deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for hantavirus. The mouse, found on Jan. 3, 2025, ...

The recent death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of the late actor Gene Hackman, due to hantavirus has brought urgent attention to this serious disease. In the world of infectious diseases, hantavirus ...

WATCH TONIGHT... A REPORT EARLIER TODAY SHOWED THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR BOTH GENE HACKMAN AND HIS WIFE BETSY.. DURING THE REPORT INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO UNCOVER THAT BETSY DIED OF HANTAVIRUS ...

Hantavirus is a disease that can be transmitted through rodent bodily fluids. The virus only passes between humans in rare instances. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a specific type of ...

In the autumn of 2012, a mysterious illness killed three people who had recently spent time in Yosemite National Park in California. The culprit was a hantavirus, a pathogen spread through the feces ...

Earlier this week the World Health Organization issued a global warning to travelers who might have come into contact with the deadly hantavirus while staying in Yosemite National Park in California.