DURING THE REPORT INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO UNCOVER THAT BETSY DIED OF HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME.. HANTAVIRUS CAN BE FOUND WORLDWIDE AND IS TRANSMITTED FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS. USUALLY RODENTS.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a few days after his wife Betsy Arakawa's death due to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, US authorities said on Friday. Dr Heather Jarrell ...

Concerns about the rare hantavirus are circulating online following reports that Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, passed away from the virus just days before Hackman himself succumbed to ...

Betsy Arakawa, pianist and wife of actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, New Mexico chief medical examiner Heather Jarrell said Friday at a news conference. Arakawa ...

Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a flu-like virus linked to rodent droppings DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock Authorities have confirmed that ...

By Hank Sanders and Michael Levenson Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.

Hackman died of heart problems and Alzheimer’s disease around Feb. 18, a week after Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. According to authorities, the actor likely didn’t know he was ...

Last week, a medical examiner said Hackman died from natural causes and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus. How common is hantavirus, and are there any cases in New Jersey? Do rodents ...

Betsy Arakawa’s death was caused by hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, health officials announced on Friday. Hantavirus is spread from animals to humans and is a disease more often carried by rodents.

It's unknown how Arakawa contracted hantavirus. Usually, (farmers and forestry workers) are most at risk of exposure to infected rodents. New world hantaviruses, found in North and South America ...

The causes of death have been revealed for actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman, 65. Hackman was found to have atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease along with advanced ...