In rare cases, the virus can be contracted from a bite or scratch. The CDC started tracing cases of hantavirus-related ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Mono County Heath and Human Services division will be hosting a free expert panel on Hantavirus.

Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife ...

The recent death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of the late actor Gene Hackman, due to hantavirus has brought urgent attention to this serious disease. In the world of infectious diseases, hantavirus ...

Tom Boo, MD, a Mono County public health officer, called the situation in the rural town in the Eastern Sierra region “tragic ...

A decade ago, nobody reported seeing rats in their homes around the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, but that has now changed.

The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday that Mono County reported that three people died of hantavirus in ...

Mono County has had three recent deaths in the Eastern Sierra region of Mammoth Lakes attributed to hantavirus infection. This tragic loss is a reminder of the risk of hantavirus, a known region of ...

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

Health officials have confirmed that three people in a rural California town of Mammoth Lakes have died from hantavirus, the same infection that authorities said killed Gene Hackman’s wife earlier ...