Betsy Arakawa lay weak and dying of a rare rat disease for daysExperts are sounding the alarm over the spread of a virus ...

The virus can spread through the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents, including deer mice. To limit the risk of infection, ...

Three people in a rural town in California have died from hantavirus, the rare virus that killed late actor Gene Hackman’s ...

The Wyoming Department of Health wants residents to take steps to help prevent hantavirus, a rare but potentially deadly disease spread by infected deer mice. “As spring arrives and people begin ...

A decade ago, nobody reported seeing rats in their homes around the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, but that has now changed.

The Wyoming Department of Health is asking for those doing spring cleaning to stay vigilant against Hantavirus, a virus ...

Mono County has had three recent deaths in the Eastern Sierra region of Mammoth Lakes attributed to hantavirus infection. This tragic loss is a reminder of the risk of hantavirus, a known region of ...

Hantaviruses can cause serious illnesses affecting the lungs and death. Rodents pass the virus through their droppings, urine and saliva.

Health officials have confirmed that three people in a rural California town of Mammoth Lakes have died from hantavirus, the same infection that authorities said killed Gene Hackman’s wife earlier ...

Between 1993 and 2022, there were 864 cases of hantavirus disease in the United States. About 38% of severe infections lead ...

Public health officials said it was “strikingly unusual” to have three hantavirus deaths this early in the year.

Hantavirus, the disease that caused the death of Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman’s wife, has claimed the lives of three people in California. Experts weigh in on the deadly virus.