Hantavirus isn't just in deer mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of New Mexico, which found the virus in a quarter of more than 1,400 small mammals tested across the ...

Powassan virus is primarily transmitted to humans by one of Minnesota’s 13 tick species: the blacklegged tick, also known as ...

In the U.S. most cases caused by the deer mouse are west of the Mississippi River, the Mayo Clinic said. In the Northeast, the illness is caused by the white-footed mouse. In the Southeast ...

This is the white-footed deer mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. People who are exposed by breathing in when fresh urine, dropping or nesting material of infected mice or rats are stirred up, the CDC said.

Hantaviruses, spread by rodents, cause severe illnesses like HPS; early detection and prevention are crucial for treatment ...

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus. What is it? What are the symptoms? Are there any cases of Georgia?

To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have targeted white-footed mice ... On Nantucket, mice and deer were the ...

Five species in North America are known to carry hantaviruses, three of which are commonly found in Canada: the deer mouse, white-footed mouse and red-backed vole. In humans, a hantavirus infection ...

Five species in North America are known to carry hantaviruses, three of which are commonly found in Canada: the deer mouse, white-footed mouse and red-backed vole. In humans, a hantavirus ...