A research team at Korea University's Vaccine Innovation Center (Center Director Jung Hee-jin) announced promising results in research on mRNA vaccine development to prevent hantavirus infections.In a ...

The first detection of hantavirus in North America happened in the Four Corner region in 1993, and just a few New Mexicans ...

Hantavirus, the disease that killed Gene Hackman’s wife, is carried in more than 30 animals in New Mexico, according to a new study by researchers with ...

Ever since 1993, when a deadly disease outbreak in the Four Corners first revealed the presence of hantavirus in North ...

The two positive cases of Hantavirus in Arizona for 2025 have been fatal, according to the Arizona Department of Health ...

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice — especially after exposure to their urine, droppings, and saliva, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It can also ...

Arakawa died from hantavirus, which humans can get after contact with rodents. Hackman died from natural causes, according to the medical examiner. Hackman, 95, had heart disease and complications ...

The hantavirus also appears to prevent apoptosis—when the body kills cells in response viral infection—so the body is unable to get rid of infected cells as efficiently, which prolongs the virus.

Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in mid-February, roughly a week before the 95-year-old Hackman died of heart failure, likely brought on by his dementia and his inability to care ...

There are at least 38 recognised species of hantavirus across the world, 24 of which cause disease in humans. It’s considered a rare virus but it’s also likely to be underdiagnosed in many ...