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.

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.

Mono County Public Health in California has confirmed a second death related to hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes. Hantavirus ...

Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa died from a rare infection spread by mice. Are there any cases or risk in Oklahoma? Here's what to know.

Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus infection about a week before her husband did, state and local officials said Friday. The two-time Oscar winner likely died of heart ...

Dr. Heather Jarrell, chief medical examiner in New Mexico, provided a robust update on the case Friday afternoon.

Actor Gene Hackman ’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died after contracting Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a New Mexico medical ...

His wife, 65, likely died about a week before him of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease often spread by rodents in the Southwest. She was last known alive on Feb. 11, investigators said.

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

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Authorities say hantavirus is blamed in the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa. The rare virus is spread by contact ...

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus ...