WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HANTAVIRUS

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Hantavirus
Health and fitness
March 2025 Articles

By Miriam Raftery

County News Service contributed to this report

March 12,2025 (San Diego) -- An autopsy has determined that actor Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The disease linked to exposure to rodents is rare, often fatal, and has been detected in nine rodents so far this year in San Diego County.

FIRST LOCAL DETECTION OF HANTAVIRUS IN 2025

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Hantavirus
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Mountains
Health and fitness
Communities
January 2025 Articles
By Shauni Lyles, County of San Diego Communications Office
 
Image Credit: Shutterstock
 
January 13, 2025 (Julian) - A deer mouse collected on Jan. 3, 2025, in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus.

FIRST LOCAL DETECTION OF HANTAVIRUS IN 2025

10
Hantavirus
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Health and fitness
Mountains
January 2025 Articles
By Shauni Lyles, County of San Diego Communications Office
 
Image Credit: Shutterstock
 
January 13, 2025 (Julian) - A deer mouse collected on Jan. 3, 2025, in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus.
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