Hantavirus has been detected in 97 Californians since 1980. While early symptoms can be mistaken for influenza, the disease ...

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice. Humans catch the illness from ...

Hantavirus, the disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa, is spread by fluids and droppings from rodents.

The virus hiding in your garage that can kill you in weeks. Learn how hantavirus spreads, its deadly symptoms, and how to ...

An autopsy report confirmed on Tuesday (April 29) that Arakawa, 65, died from hantavirus. She had fluid accumulation in her ...

Actor Gene Hackman had not eaten for quite some time before his death, a final autopsy report has revealed, though heart ...

Humans typically contract it by inhaling infected particles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered six new rodent carriers of hantavirus and identified U.S. hotspots, highlighting the ...

Hantavirus infection is caused by breathing in contaminated particles from droppings, urine or saliva of infected deer mice.

That’s because of where deer mice are commonly found, a rodent that’s a carrier. In California, Mono and Inyo counties lead with the greatest number of human cases detected, said the state ...