What is hantavirus, and how do you get it and treat it? What to know about the disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa.

The couple had been followed by a “strange man” before their deaths. Body-cam footage revealed Betsy’s hairdresser, ...

Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning legend behind classics like The French Connection, and his wife Betsy Arakawa lived a quiet ...

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with a mortality rate up to 50% in the American Southwest, officials said.

Gene Hackman died of cardiovascular disease about a week after his wife died of hantavirus, according to the New Mexico medical examiner.

Betsy Arakawa, who died from hantavirus, called a medical concierge service two weeks before she and Gene Hackman were found ...

Jess Kesler, who worked for the couple as a handyman and contractor for 16 years, said he grew worried when he hadn’t heard ...

Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa died under unlikely circumstances ... according to New Mexico State Public Health Veterinarian Erin Phipps. The virus can be avoided by not having contact ...

Betsy Arakawa made several calls to a medical clinic on Feb. 12, the day after the authorities initially believed that she ...

The partially mummified remains of Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were discovered Feb ... the U.S. have been found in western states. The virus can cause a severe and sometimes deadly ...

THE mystery surrounding Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s deaths has deepened as his family has made an unusual move.

Betsy Arakawa, a Classical pianist and the wife of ... While people can contract the virus through a bite or scratch from a rodent, it is more commonly contracted through inhaling urine or feces ...