In rare cases, the virus can be contracted from a bite or scratch. The CDC started tracing cases of hantavirus-related ...

What Is Hantavirus? 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 ...

The public health office believes deer mouse numbers are high in Mammoth Lakes and elsewhere in Eastern Sierra this year, and an increase in indoor mice also increases the risk of exposure to ...

Eastern chipmunks, white-footed mice, eastern squirrels, and deer mice are the native rodents of Iowa’s state. Nine bat species in the state include the little brown bat, known to be the rarest bat ...

Hantavirus is contracted through contact with infected droppings, urine, or saliva from wild rodents, including deer mice. While deer mouse populations are high in the area, the victims were ...

Deer mice are found widely in the Eastern Sierra region and an increase in their population elevates the risk of exposure, Boo said. But health officials said none of the people who died in ...

Inside their reach, the Douglas squirrels rival the presented types of the Eastern dim squirrel ... contingent upon the species. All deer mice have delicate fur, yet variety fluctuates between and ...

All around New Mexico, hantaviruses have been discovered, mostly in deer mice but also in other ... of controlling the number of indoor mice as rodent activity rises, especially in areas like Mammoth ...

Mammoth Lakes is located on the eastern side of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains with a population of more than 7,000, and is famous for its skiing and trails. Deer mice are widespread in the ...

According to public health officials, it is being said that this restraint is caused by exposure cases from deer mice and other rodents that continue to arise. Hantavirus is transmitted ...

"We believe that deer mouse numbers are high this year in Mammoth (and probably elsewhere in the Eastern Sierra)," Boo wrote. "An increase in indoor mice elevates the risk of Hantavirus exposure.