He went on to say that “White-footed mice are found in deciduous, mixed, and coniferous woodlands in much of the eastern ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A deer mouse collected in routine monitoring Oct. 22 at the Los Vaqueros Group Horse Campground in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for the potentially deadly ...

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice. Humans catch the illness from exposure to rodent droppings or urine, but the risk is low, even if you’re ...

Apr. 5—Hantavirus isn't just in deer mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of New Mexico, which found the virus in a quarter of more than 1,400 small mammals tested across ...

For many people, the first they heard of hantavirus came with news of what caused the death of Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman's wife.For those who have lived in New Mexico for the past 30 years, ...

After news broke that Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus a week before her 95-year-old husband died of heart disease, many may be wondering what hantavirus is and how deadly it ...

California has detected 100 hantavirus infections over several decades, with 34% of these cases fatal. The "main hantavirus disease of concern" in the United States is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, ...