Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome

LOS ANGELES -- As the temperatures start to rise, so too do unwanted pests in and around your house. Residents of a number of Los Angeles neighborhoods are reporting rat infestations in their homes. With the recent discovery of mice infected with...

The recent death of a Grant County woman in her 30s was due to Hantavirus exposure, the state Department of Health has confirmed. The unidentified woman was hospitalized and died March 28, the Grant County Health District in Ephrata said in a statement,...

For many of us, the onset of spring in the Dakotas means that it's time to get back out to that cabin, shed, or trailer that we “winterized” before the snow flew last fall. Despite our best efforts to seal those buildings up tight against the ravages of a...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Health Department says South Dakotans should be mindful of hantavirus when they start doing spring cleanup in sheds, barns and other places where mice can be found. Hantavirus is a disease that can cause the lungs to fill...

A harvest mouse trapped during routine monitoring in the Fairbanks Ranch area of Carmel Valley tested positive for hantavirus, the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health announced Monday. "We want to remind people to be aware that hantavirus...

ARAPAHOE COUNTY (KWGN)  Health officials said a man in Arapahoe County has tested positive for the hantavirus. The Tri-County Health Department said the 47-year-old was in the hospital but was discharged and recuperating at home Friday night. He was...

Man Dies of Hantavirus, Utah's First in Four Years

GREELEY - Weld County health officials say a 38-year-old man has died after contracting the hantavirus carried by deer mice. Officials say the man may have gotten the disease while doing yard work in May. The man's name wasn't released. He is the second...

ARAPAHOE COUNTY - The Tri-County Health Department has confirmed that an Arapahoe County man has tested positive for Hantavirus. The 47-year-old was hospitalized, but has been released and is recuperating. Authorities believe the man was likely...

Three Coloradans have died this week from hantavirus, raising the death toll to four this year and tying a record set in 1993. State health officials say the latest deaths happened in Custer, Costilla, and Park counties. A fourth death happened in...