Two separate cases of zoonotic diseases, hantavirus and rabies, were confirmed at Grand Canyon National Park. A park employee ...

In late June, a Grand Canyon National Park concessions employee contracted hantavirus, a rare but often fatal rodent-borne ...

Grand Canyon officials say a concessions employee got sick with hantavirus and two people came into contact with a ...

The Grand Canyon reports a hantavirus case in an employee and a positive rabies test in a bat, prompting health precautions.

A 50-plus year old Douglas County woman was hospitalized for a confirmed second case of hantavirus this summer, Carson City ...

Grand Canyon National Park has recently confirmed two separate cases of zoonotic disease within the park — one involving ...

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Experts weigh in on the fatal disease.

Hantavirus, the rodent-borne pathogen blamed for the death of concert pianist Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, is a rare but often fatal virus that has killed at least 34 people in ...

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is what Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from, while the award-winning actor tested negative for it, USA TODAY reported.

Hantavirus can infect humans through contact with rodents – most commonly through the deer mouse in the United States – especially when exposed to their urine, droppings and saliva, according ...

Hantavirus is spread primarily via deer mice, which generally live at higher elevations and, in California, are most common in the eastern Sierra.

The hantavirus is so deadly that even at outdoor testing labs in New Mexico scientists working with infected mice must wear protective suits and respirator systems. In fact, ...