A park employee at the Grand Canyon was exposed to hantavirus, and a separate case of exposure to rabies in the park has also been confirmed.

A park employee at the Grand Canyon was exposed to hantavirus, and a separate case of exposure to rabies in the park has also ...

A Coconino County, Arizona health official confirmed a case of Hantavirus at Grand Canyon National Park. Hantavirus is rare, ...

Deer mice are part of the environment at Grand Canyon National Park. Authorities did not say how the Grand Canyon employee may have been exposed.

Hantavirus is primarily spread by deer mice, which are prevalent in the Grand Canyon area. The virus can cause a host of ...

A park employee at the Grand Canyon was exposed to hantavirus, and a separate case of exposure to rabies in the park has also been confirmed.

The illness often begins with flu-like symptoms like fever, fatigue and muscle aches and can rapidly progress to severe ...

Hantaviruses belong to a family of viruses that are predominantly carried by rodents, including deer mice, cotton rats, and rice rats in North and South America, as well as other rodent species in ...

Viruses like the hantavirus can be infectious in mouse droppings for up to 4 days. Time in the sun may shorten this period, but colder temperatures may lengthen it.

And deer mice are part of the environment at Grand Canyon National Park. Hantavirus was in the news earlier this year when an autopsy confirmed that actor Gene Hackman’s wife died from hantavirus ...