The illness often begins with flu-like symptoms like fever, fatigue and muscle aches and can rapidly progress to severe ...

The virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife is worrying scientists. Hantavirus is spreading due to climate change and rodent ...

A park employee at the Grand Canyon was exposed to hantavirus, and a separate case of exposure to rabies in the park has also ...

Two separate cases of zoonotic diseases, hantavirus and rabies, were confirmed at Grand Canyon National Park. A park employee ...

The goal of treatment for hantavirus is to manage your symptoms to lower the risk of damage to your lungs and heart. Due to severe pulmonary (lung) symptoms, many people will need help breathing.

This is not the first time the rare hantavirus has been traced to a National Park, as there were cases in people who had visited Yosemite National Park in 2012.

Prevention of hantavirus. Bartolome offered some tips for preventing this rare infection. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "It can be prevented by keeping wild mice and rats out of your home, ...

Four more cases of hantavirus have been reported among people who visited Yosemite National Park in California, bringing the total number of cases to six, the California Department of Public ...

Risk & prevention In the United States, outbreaks of HPS are rare and usually occur in areas where forests, fields or farms provide a habitat for a hantavirus' rodent hosts, according to the CDC.

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.

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.