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The virus that killed Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, is a relatively rare but devastating threat without a vaccine, treatment or cure. Hantaviruses, a family of pathogens, are spread by ...

Betsy Arakawa’s death was caused by hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, health officials announced on Friday. Hantavirus is spread from animals to humans and is a disease more often carried by rodents. The ...

Three people died in Mammoth Lakes, California, from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the disease that suddenly killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa. Hantaviruses are a family of pathogens ...

COVID-19 continues to plague us, Mpox is an emerging global threat, and the avian flu is decimating industrial poultry as well as endangered wildlife. What do all these epidemics have in common? They ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – After a new study at Virginia Tech, some professionals have identified hantavirus as having “pandemic potential.” “This project is timely because hantavirus is considered an emerging ...

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 ...

Hantavirus recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little is commonly known about it other than its connection to rodents. Virginia ...

Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish themselves in a new ecosystem. But these interlopers can also impact human health directly. Deadly diseases can jump from animals to ...

DC Pest Control Pros Explain The Process. January 10, 2026 12:00 am - Found a dead rat in your home? The odor is just the beginning. That carcass could be releasing airborne pathogens and attracting ...

The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, as well as three California residents, have brought attention to a rare rodent-borne virus that has the potential to turn deadly. While the risk ...