A person in Sierra County west of Reno has died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease transmitted by deer mice. It is the first case of hantavirus reported this year in California and the first ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — San Diego County officials announced Monday that a deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for hantavirus. The mouse, found on Jan. 3, 2025, ...

Three people in Mammoth Lakes died recently after contracting hantavirus, the same infection that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa earlier this year. The cases have heightened concerns among ...

MOUNT LAGUNA (CNS) - A deer mouse collected near Mount Laguna last month tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, county officials announced Tuesday. The sample was collected Aug. 24 ...

SIERRA COUNTY, CA. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A Sierra County, California, resident recently died ofhantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the Sierra County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday. Hantavirus ...

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 ...

A Washoe County resident has been hospitalized in the area’s first reported hantavirus case of 2023. The man in his 60s was exposed "weeks prior" to rodent droppings, the Washoe County Health District ...

Officials announced Friday that Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman's wife, had died of hantavirus — ending speculation about the circumstances surrounding her death while sparking new questions about the ...