Garden enthusiasts are being encouraged to apply Tabasco or hot sauce on their bird feeders as soon as possible this spring ...

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Experts weigh in on the fatal disease.

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice ... including the U.S. The most common hantavirus that causes HPS in the U.S. is spread by the deer mouse.

Betsy Arakawa, a classical pianist and the wife of actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus, according to authorities.

Ms. Arakawa, the wife of the actor Gene Hackman, died from the effects of a disease often caused by contact with droppings ...

Since 1993, 122 people have gotten sick from the virus in Colorado – the second most number of cases of any U.S. state.