The deaths in February of legendary Hollywood actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa in their home in New Mexico have ...

Betsy Arakawa — the classical pianist married to Gene Hackman — died last month of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare ...

Betsy Arakawa died from a respiratory illness linked to a rare virus transmitted by infected rodents. Here's what to know ...

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents, especially after exposure to their urine, droppings and saliva. Read about how ...

Here's what you need to know about hantavirus, the rodent-borne pathogen blamed for the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has killed at least 34 ...

In the United States, the carriers of hantavirus are deer mice, cotton rats, rice rats and white-footed mice. How it's spread ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes, over a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa's death. While Hackman died ...

The virus that killed Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, is a relatively rare, but devastating threat without a vaccine ...

Hantavirus does not spread among people in the cases found in the United States. It can be transmitted through rodent saliva.

Betsy Arakawa — the classical pianist married to Gene Hackman — died last month of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease linked to rodents, New Mexico authorities announced on ...

Gene Hackman's wife's cause of death was revealed Friday as hantavirus, a rare and sometimes fatal illness that can be present in Northern Nevada.