Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with a mortality rate up to 50% in the American Southwest, officials said.

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus. What is it? What are the symptoms? Are there any cases of Georgia?

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

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.

A week later, a medical examiner concluded that Arakawa, 65, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and Hackman, 95, died a ...

But it is most commonly transmitted by breathing in particles of dried deer mouse droppings or urine ... body aches and headaches. But as the disease progresses, respiratory symptoms develop ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said hantavirus is a family of viruses. The viruses can cause two syndromes.

Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died days before her husband. Health officials say here cause of death was ...

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HPS is a severe disease caused by a family of viruses known as the hantaviruses, though the most common member of the family ...

Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.

Hollywood mourns the loss of Gene Hackman, who passed away at 95 from heart disease, days after his wife Betsy Arakawa succumbed to hantavirus in thei ...