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

The BriefTwo cases of zoonotic disease, one involving hantavirus and the other rabies, were reported at the Grand Canyon.The ...

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

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

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

Hantavirus, the disease that caused the death of Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman’s wife, has claimed the lives of three people in California. Experts weigh in on the deadly virus.

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

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.

Affected populations: Hantavirus disease is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness that is caused by a family of viruses known as hantaviruses. These viruses, which are found worldwide ...

Hantavirus is fairly rare, but three people recently died from HPS in California, and six new species of hantavirus-carrying rodents have been identified.

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 recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little is commonly known about it other than its connection to rodents.