The recent deaths of a Hollywood couple and three California residents have brought attention to a rare rodent-borne virus ...

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 ...

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 ...

People can become infected with a hantavirus by inhaling particles from an infected rodent's urine, droppings or saliva ...

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

Public health officials said it was “strikingly unusual” to have three hantavirus deaths this early in the year.

The rare virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa in February has killed three more people in a small town in ...

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.