Lyme disease is the biggest threat carried by the small parasitic arachnid, says the SHA, but there are things you can do to reduce your risk.

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

but that can be hard to see in some skin textures.” Another virus that people should pay attention to in the spring is the Orthohantavirus (or hantavirus). It’s an airborne disease mostly transmitted ...

While the risk of contracting the hantavirus remains relatively low compared to other sicknesses, it's still important to be aware of how the illness spreads and what steps you can take to protect ...

Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover. By Chloe W. Shakin Chloe Shakin interviewed nearly a dozen individuals with ...

New Mexico authorities have unveiled new information about the circumstances surrounding Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's deaths. An environmental assessment of the couple's residence that was ...

The news comes in the wake of health officials announcing that Arakawa died at 65 from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare condition that comes from contact with rodents, and Hackman ...

On hantavirus, the agency states ... while more severe forms can result in bleeding from internal organs and the skin. However, official guidance states “it is likely” most infections ...

Gene Hackman’s property was a "potential breeding" ground for hantavirus, according to a public health report after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from the rare rodent-borne disease. The bodies ...

Rat nests and dead rodents have been discovered on Gene Hackman's property, after the actor's wife Betsy Arakawa died of hantavirus - which can be caught from such animals. The partially mummified ...