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

The rare illness that killed Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, has reportedly killed three more people in the U.S.

A third person in the remote California town of Mammoth Lakes has died of hantavirus, an infection spread by contact with ...

The rare disease that claimed the life of Gene Hackman’s beloved wife, Betsy, is back in the spotlight — and this time, it ...

Three people have died from Hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes, California, a small town east of San Francisco, “alarming” health ...

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