This isn't the first instance of hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes, with there being 27 reported cases of the virus in the town since 1993. However, the cluster of hantavirus-related deaths is a cause ...

Autopsies determined that Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but serious illness with a death rate close to 40%. Hackman died a few days later of heart disease and Alzheimer’s ...

The mysterious outbreak. ... hantavirus outbreaks in the Western Hemisphere had only ... Four Corners Monument plaque depicting the intersection of the 4 states and a map of the U.S. with these ...

GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — Cases of two zoonotic diseases, rabies and Hantavirus, have been reported at the Grand Canyon.

With the Yosemite tourists having died from this normally high-altitude illness, we spoke with an infectious disease expert to see if hantavirus could spread to other areas of the country ...

Officials announced Friday that Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s wife, had died of hantavirus — ending speculation about the circumstances surrounding her death while sparking new questions about ...

Chin-Hong said he recalls the hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite in 2012 when 10 campers got sick, and three died. "It was an enclosed tent with a lot of rodent droppings," he said.

Outbreaks of the Sin Nombre hantavirus are now known to be linked to El Niño, which increases rainfall in the Southwestern US and boosts the rodent population (Credit: Alamy) Amid reports of a ...

Three deaths from hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes, California, including the wife of actor Gene Hackman, have raised concerns. Dr. Tom Boo noted the unusual timing and lack of clear infection sources ...

The CDC started monitoring hantavirus in 1993 after an outbreak of severe respiratory illness in the Four Corners region — the area where Arizona, ... Map of hantavirus cases in the United States.

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome typically begins with flu-like symptoms before rapidly progressing to a ... The agency began tracking the virus after a 1993 outbreak in the Four Corners region ...