America’s public health response to a deadly outbreak of rodent-borne hantavirus has ended, the Trump administration ...

A super El Niño may raise the risk of rare but deadly hantavirus infections in parts of the United States this summer.

State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, including unsanitary kitchens, food contaminated with ...

Sacramento County health inspectors closed three eateries including a Rancho Cordova warehouse after discovering 68 rodent droppings throughout the facility. Meanwhile, 12 eateries received citations ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A hantavirus that can cause a deadly respiratory illness in humans may be more common in rodent populations in parts of the Pacific Northwest than previously recognized, according to ...

Mamie Bah joined the KDKA news team in the fall of 2023. You can catch her on air Monday through Friday from 4-6 p.m.. Mamie enjoys human interest, investigative, and impact stories. The Allegheny ...

In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease.

8 NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS IT IS NOT AWARE OF ANY HANTAVIRUS CASES AMONG IOWANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUARANTINE SITUATION IN OMAHA, IOWA, ...

The deer mice moved in every winter from the meadow and lodgepole forest neighboring our small log cabin. They snugged up beneath the kitchen and bathroom sinks. They nested behind or within the warm ...

A possible case of hantavirus in Illinois not believed to be connected to the recent cruise ship outbreak that killed at least three people has sparked questions about how the virus can spread in the ...