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 ...

Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife ...

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

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

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

Hantaviruses are spread by rodents and can cause deadly respiratory and kidney illnesses in humans. One of these illnesses ...

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

Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

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 ...