Betsy Arakawa, the wife of the late Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, New Mexico officials said Friday.

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is a rare but potentially dangerous disease. It can infect humans through contact with rodents.

Betsy Arakawa, wife of actor Gene Hackman, tragically died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare and fatal rodent-borne ...

Betsy Arakawa died from a respiratory illness linked to a rare virus transmitted by infected rodents. Here's what to know ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that if hantavirus progresses to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, about 38% of people end up dying from the disease.

What is hantavirus, and how do you get it and treat it? What to know about the disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa.

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home last week in a gated community in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Santa Fe Sheriff Adam Mendoza has insisted that Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa's cases will remain open so authorities can tie up 'loose ends' and 'loopholes.' ...

Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces. It does not spread between people.

Oscar winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, 63, were tragically found dead at their New Mexico home alongside one of ...

Worries about hantavirus are spreading online after news broke that the late Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, had passed ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes about a week after his wife's death, a medical examiner said Friday, ...