Hantavirus recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little ...

Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand the environmental factors that influence the distribution of hantavirus in ...

After a new study at Virginia Tech, some professionals have identified hantavirus as having “pandemic potential.” ...

Virginia is one of three states that are hotspots for a deadly virus circulating in wildlife, and it can also be fatal in ...

RELEASED. NEW RESEARCH FROM UNM REVEALING HANTAVIRUS COMMONLY LINKED TO DEER MICE, HAS BEEN FOUND IN 30 SMALL MAMMAL SPECIES IN NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING RODENTS LIKE GROUND SQUIRRELS, CHIPMUNKS ...

Officials in New Mexico said that hantavirus, which is spread through contact with infected deer mice, was the cause of death for Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa. The partially mummified remains of ...

Hantavirus is contracted through contact with infected droppings, urine, or saliva from wild rodents, including deer mice. While deer mouse populations are high in the area, the victims were ...