Following the death of legendary actor Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa from hantavirus, San Diego County health officials ...

(AP Photo/Roberto Rosales) Hantavirus, according to the County of San Diego’s Vector Control Program, is a rare but deadly virus that is spread by infected rodents. The virus has been detected ...

Symptoms of hantavirus may appear from one to eight weeks after exposure to rodents or their droppings. Early symptoms may include severe muscle aches, chills and fever, headache or dizziness, ...

Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa died from a rare infectious disease known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, authorities ...

A week before actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease in their New Mexico home last month, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, had died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare pulmonary disease linked to ...

San Diego County teenagers continue to pay a high price during the current flu season, with a fourth influenza-related death appearing in county records this week. That’s one more death among ...