SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A deer mouse collected in routine monitoring Oct. 22 at the Los Vaqueros Group Horse Campground in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park has tested positive for the potentially deadly ...

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice. Humans catch the illness from exposure to rodent droppings or urine, but the risk is low, even if you’re ...

California has detected 100 hantavirus infections over several decades, with 34% of these cases fatal. The "main hantavirus disease of concern" in the United States is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, ...

Apr. 5—Hantavirus isn't just in deer mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of New Mexico, which found the virus in a quarter of more than 1,400 small mammals tested across ...

We were cleaning our rental house and came across quite a few mouse droppings in some drawers. We think the mouse must have come in through an open door while our renters were moving out their ...

For many people, the first they heard of hantavirus came with news of what caused the death of Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman's wife.For those who have lived in New Mexico for the past 30 years, ...

Mono County Public Health in California has confirmed a third death related to hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is a rare but potentially deadly illness primarily spread ...

A deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park earlier this month tested positive for hantavirus, a potentially deadly virus that can infect people, county officials said Monday. Officials said ...

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