The virus that killed Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, is a relatively rare but devastating threat without a vaccine, treatment or cure. Hantaviruses, a family of pathogens, are spread by ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A deer mouse collected in routine monitoring Oct. 22 at the Los Vaqueros Group Horse Campground in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for the potentially deadly ...

New Mexico health officials announced on Thursday that a Santa Fe County resident had been hospitalized but ultimately recovered from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, marking the first case recorded in ...

Betsy Arakawa — the classical pianist married to Gene Hackman — died last month of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease linked to rodents, New Mexico authorities announced Friday.

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus days before her husband, actor Gene Hackman, died of heart disease, New Mexico officials said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said hantavirus is a family of viruses. The viruses can cause two syndromes. One syndrome, which is found in the Western Hemisphere, including the U.S., ...

The New Mexico Department of Health confirmed the state's first case of hantavirus in a Santa Fe County resident.

A week before actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease in their New Mexico home last month, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, had died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare pulmonary disease linked to ...

A Santa Fe County resident was hospitalized with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a severe respiratory disease that is fatal in approximately a third of affected people.

A western harvest mouse collected in routine monitoring in open space along the border of Santee and San Diego has tested positive for hantavirus, San Diego County environmental health officials ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego County Environmental Health and Quality officials announced today that a Western harvest mouse found near the Los Penasquitos Ranch House tested positive for hantavirus.