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

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Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, had their cause of deaths shared by New Mexico health officials Friday, with ...

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

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Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Experts weigh in on the fatal disease.

While rare, hantavirus offers a reminder of why rodent prevention is so important. To prevent hantavirus, McHale advised readers to: Seal entry points: Mice squeeze through holes as small as a dime.

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus days before her husband, actor Gene Hackman, died of heart disease, New Mexico officials said.

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

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