In the United States, the carriers of hantavirus are deer mice, cotton rats, rice rats and white-footed mice. How it's spread: Touching or breathing air particles of urine or droppings from certain ...

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 ...

To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have targeted white-footed mice as the prime hosts for the immature ticks that ...

In the United States, the carriers of hantavirus are deer mice, cotton rats, rice rats and white-footed mice. The virus can be present in the rodents’ urine, droppings and saliva, and it is ...