In late June, a Grand Canyon National Park concessions employee contracted hantavirus, a rare but often fatal rodent-borne ...

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

"Grand Canyon National Park has recently confirmed two separate cases of zoonotic disease within the park — one involvinghantavirus and the other rabies — underscoring the importance of public ...

Conclusion Hantavirus infections remain uncommon in America, but when they do occur, they can be deadly. Prevention is your best defense against exposure.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), the other common disease caused by the virus, affects the lungs and is more prevalent in the Americas.

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a rare but serious respiratory disease caused by exposure to the droppings, urine or saliva of deer mice, which are widespread throughout Nevada. Symptoms ...

Hantavirus is the same infectious disease that killed Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa earlier this year Hantavirus — the rat-borne virus that killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife — is ...

Hantavirus isn’t something most people think about often, but after Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, passed away from the disease in February, it made headlines for weeks.

Hantavirus — the rat-borne virus that killed actor Gene Hackman ’s wife — is starting to spread throughout the country, health officials warn.

More sensitive methods for detecting both hantavirus antigen and DNA are being developed and/or improved. Given the complexity and time-consuming nature of virus isolation and common serologic ...