The hantavirus also appears to prevent apoptosis—when the body kills cells in response viral infection—so the body is unable to get rid of infected cells as efficiently, which prolongs the virus.

Beloved actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were saddled with credit card debt at the time of their tragic deaths ...

Hantavirus is rare in Los Angeles County, and most cases have been linked to out-of-county exposure. Los Angeles County's last reported hantavirus-related death was in 2006.

Hantavirus can infect humans through contact with rodents – most commonly through the deer mouse in the United States – especially when exposed to their urine, droppings and saliva, according ...

Hantavirus disease is spread by rodents, including deer mice, like the one pictured above. | Credit: 6th Happiness, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons ...

Hantavirus — blamed in the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa — is a rare virus spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces ...

Hantavirus is "rare but not unusual," said the Post. Deer mice, the sole source of the virus in the area, are widespread in the Eastern Sierra region, according to county health officials.

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is spread by rodents, and very rarely from person-to-person. ILLUSTRATION: designer491/iStock No, the world is not about to get hit with a hantavirus pandemic, too.

Though countries across the globe are on high alert due to uncertainty around the coronavirus, there is no indication that the hantavirus poses a global public health threat. According to the CDC ...

People contract hantavirus from touching saliva, urine or feces from the cotton rat, deer mouse, rice rate or white-footed mouse. The CDC recommends avoiding rodents to prevent it.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hantavirus has been fatal in 36% of reported cases. The primary means of prevention is avoiding rodent urine and droppings.

Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus infection, officials in New Mexico announced Friday. Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their ...