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The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, as well as three California residents, have brought attention to a rare rodent-borne virus that has the potential to turn deadly. While the ...

Credit: Illustration by Stephen Kelly / Getty Images The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, as well as three California residents, have brought attention to a rare rodent-borne ...

An environmental assessment of the couple's residence that was conducted in March − a week after the two were found dead Feb. 26 − found evidence of rodents across various detached buildings ...

An environmental assessment of the couple's residence that was conducted in March − a week after the two were found dead Feb. 26 − found evidence of rodents across various detached buildings around ...

A state assessment found rodents on the sprawling Santa Fe, New Mexico, property of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, but concluded their main quarters had not been infested. The ...

The report says Arakawa died from hantavirus, a rare disease usually caused by exposure to rodents or rodent feces. CNN obtained public health records from New Mexico that show investigators ...