Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus. What is it? What are the symptoms? Are there any cases of Georgia?

That changed when complications caused by the rare virus killed Betsy Arakawa, wife of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman. Hantaviruses are a family of viruses that can cause serious illnesses and death ...

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Experts weigh in on the fatal disease.

Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with a mortality rate up to 50% in the American Southwest, officials said.

The death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa brought attention to a disease called the hantavirus. Here's what you need to know about it.

Hantaviruses can infect and cause serious diseases in people worldwide, according to the CDC. People get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice, especially when exposed to their urine ...

One of the most serious complications is the build-up of fluid in the lungs, significantly hindering breathing. Without immediate medical intervention, hantavirus can lead to respiratory failure, with ...

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 ...

It does not spread from person to person. Hummingbird Migration 2025: When we can expect to see them in Georgia and how to care for them Hantaviruses causes two syndromes: Hantavirus pulmonary ...