Mono County, in the Mammoth Lakes area, reported three deaths related to hantavirus. Here's what Los Angeles County residents ...

Hantavirus, the disease that caused the death of Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman’s wife, has claimed the lives of three ...

Three people in a rural California town have died from hantavirus, the same infection that authorities said killed Gene ...

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

Hantavirus spreads through the urine, droppings, or saliva of wild rodents (California Department of Public Health) Three people have died from Hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes, California, a small ...

The extremely rare disease, which is spread by rodents, claimed the life of Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, in New Mexico in February.

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 ...

Public health officials said it was “strikingly unusual” to have three hantavirus deaths this early in the year.

People can become infected with a hantavirus by inhaling particles from an infected rodent's urine, droppings or saliva ...

The infection began getting widespread attention after it was linked to the recent death of Gene Hackman's wife . | Credit: ...