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

The illness often begins with flu-like symptoms like fever, fatigue and muscle aches and can rapidly progress to severe ...

A park employee at the Grand Canyon was exposed to hantavirus, and a separate case of exposure to rabies in the park has also been confirmed.

Hantavirus is primarily spread by deer mice, which are prevalent in the Grand Canyon area. The virus can cause a host of ...

However, the positive news is that hantavirus has never spread from person to person in North America. “Person-to-person ...

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

Hantavirus, the disease that caused the death of Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman’s wife, has claimed the lives of three people in California. After Arakawa, 65, was found dead along with ...

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

released. new research from unm revealing hantavirus commonly linked to deer mice, has been found in 30 small mammal species in new mexico, including rodents like ground squirrels, chipmunks ...

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially fatal disease spread by infected rodent droppings. Arakawa tested negative for COVID-19 and the flu and showed no signs of trauma, the autopsy report said.

Hantavirus cases are relatively rare, but fatal in up to 42% of cases in New Mexico, said Phipps. There have reportedly been less than 10 cases of the virus in the state in the last five years.

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.