SD County Environmental Health and Quality officials said a Western harvest mouse found near Los Penasquitos Ranch House ...

The County of San Diego announced that a Western harvest mouse found in Rancho Peñasquitos tested positive for hantavirus, ...

Finding hantavirus in wild rodents is not uncommon in San Diego County, there were a total of 16 cases in 2025.

In a recent study of the contiguous United States, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers found that the risk of disease from hantavirus is higher in drier, underdeveloped geographic areas with ...

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in February 2025. Hackman had been living with Alzheimer's and depended on Arakawa as his full-time caregiver.

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. There was a phrase I learned pretty quickly after starting on The New Mexican health beat: "zoonotic diseases." ...

Viral infections like influenza, COVID-19, and HIV are associated with increased CVD risk due to inflammation and vascular damage. The study analyzed 155 studies, revealing strong links between viral ...