Hantavirus recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little ...

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

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

Hantaviruses are spread by rodents and can cause deadly respiratory and kidney illnesses in humans. One of these illnesses ...

The study shows that it's not just the black rats, but also the way humans use land, like farming or cutting down forests, ...

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

Hantaviruses can cause serious illnesses affecting the lungs and death. Rodents pass the virus through their droppings, urine and saliva.

Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

Betsy Arakawa was killed by Hantavirus earlier this year, and health experts in California are worried about the number of ...

Health officials have confirmed that three people in a rural California town of Mammoth Lakes have died from hantavirus, the same infection that authorities said killed Gene Hackman’s wife earlier ...

Between 1993 and 2022, there were 864 cases of hantavirus disease in the United States. About 38% of severe infections lead ...

Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish themselves in a new ecosystem. But these interlopers can also ...