Researchers in Virginia have issued a warning about a virus seldom seen in the US that comes from mice, the same virus that ...

Virginia Tech researchers seek to understand the environmental factors that influence the distribution of hantavirus in rodent populations across the United States.

Two-time Oscar winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead on 26 February at their sprawling Sante Fe home, in different rooms. It is thought she died more than a week before ...

In North America, this is most likely to be the eastern deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). To reduce the risk of infection, simple hygiene precautions such as washing your hands after handling ...

A new Cedars-Sinai study demonstrates how gut bacteria can influence the development of blood vessel inflammation in laboratory mice. The findings, if confirmed in humans, would open a potential ...

Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...