air out the structure as much as possible and wear a mask and gloves when cleaning any mouse waste to prevent transmission of the virus. Spring cleaning brings risk of hantavirus How to avoid ...

It’s got a fairly high mortality associated with it, especially if it’s not diagnosed,” Dr. Scott Lindquist with the ...

Concerns about the rare hantavirus are circulating online following reports that Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, passed away from the virus just days before Hackman himself succumbed to ...

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. Hantavirus ...

By Hank Sanders and Michael Levenson Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.

Authorities linked her death to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Hackman died of heart disease about a week after his wife's death. Hantavirus is a family of viruses spread by rodents. The most ...

His wife, 65, likely died about a week before him of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease often spread by rodents in the Southwest. She was last known alive on Feb. 11, investigators said.

Hantavirus, the rodent-borne pathogen blamed for the death of concert pianist Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, ...

Officials said Friday they believe Arakawa contracted hantavirus from a rodent infestation in a structure somewhere on the couple’s property, but not inside their “well-maintained” home.