Here's what you need to know about hantavirus, the rodent-borne pathogen blamed for the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has killed at least 34 ...

Gene Hackman's wife's cause of death was revealed Friday as hantavirus, a rare and sometimes fatal illness that can be present in Northern Nevada.

Worries about hantavirus are spreading online after news broke that the late Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, had passed ...

Symptoms of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is the most common of the two in the U.S., include fatigue, fever, muscle aches, headaches, dizziness, and chills. As the infection progresses, the ...

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

Since 1993, 122 people have gotten sick from the virus in Colorado – the second most number of cases of any U.S. state.