California reported 78 cases and 24 deaths in that same time span. The California cases include a hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park in summer 2012 that infected visitors staying in ...

The CDC started tracing cases of hantavirus-related disease after a 1993 outbreak in the Four Corners region, where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet. Hantaviruses can cause two distinct ...

New details emerged about how Gene Hackman and his wife died after their bodies were found at their New Mexico home last month. Officials said Hackman died from heart disease a week after his wife ...

The agency began tracking the virus after a 1993 outbreak in the Four Corners region — the area where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet. According to the Mayo Clinic, hantavirus ...

In the world of infectious diseases, hantavirus remains relatively obscure until outbreaks occur. This virus, although rare, has the potential to cause severe respiratory and kidney diseases.

In New Mexico, where Arakawa and Hackman lived, the most common carrier of hantavirus is the deer mouse ... who helped characterize the first known outbreak of the disease in the U.S. in 1993.

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"This new information is expected to help us understand where and when hantavirus is most likely to occur, which is crucial for predicting outbreaks and informing public health officials." ...

Two deaths from hantavirus in Argentine Patagonia ... The deaths, occurring within a week, have heightened fears of a new outbreak, especially in Epuyén, where a 2018 outbreak killed 11 people.