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

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

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

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 ...

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

Hantaviruses can infect and cause serious disease in people worldwide, according to the CDC. People get hantavirus from ...

While rare, hantavirus offers a reminder of why rodent prevention is so important. To prevent hantavirus, McHale advised readers to: Seal entry points: Mice squeeze through holes as small as a dime.

The causes of the deaths of veteran actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, have now been revealed, after ...

Since 1993, 122 people have gotten sick from the virus in Colorado – the second most number of cases of any U.S. state.

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.