#Hantavirus Killed Three More People—How You Can Stay Safe via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/04/07/hantavirus-killed-three-more-people-how-you-can-stay-safe/ #rodents #mice #OneHealth #CDC
Addition info from The Hill on #hantavirus
...all three residents began to feel ill in February. In all three cases, “there was some evidence of mice” in their workplaces “but no major infestations were found,” while one had “numerous mice in their home.” One person had been vacuuming “in one or more areas where investigators later found mouse droppings,” adding that vacuuming “can aerosolize the virus through the air and lead to infection.” The best way to avoid the germ is to minimize contact with rodents and their droppings. Use protective gloves and a bleach solution for cleaning up rodent droppings. [AND AN N95 OR BETTER MASK!]
While hantavirus is not uncommon in Mono County — there have been 27 cases reported since 1993 — cases are typically seen during late spring or summer, making the three cases reported already this year “strikingly unusual.”
“It really starts like the flu: body aches, feeling poorly overall,” said Dr. Sonja Bartolome of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. “Early in the illness, you really may not be able to tell the difference between hantavirus and having the flu.” The virus can cause a severe and sometimes deadly lung infection called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to the CDC. All three deaths in Mono County were connected to this syndrome. Hantavirus is not spread between people, health officials said. Roughly one-third of people who do become infected die.
YIKES!
A 3rd person in the remote California town of Mammoth Lakes has died of #hantavirus, the sometimes-fatal illness that authorities say Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, died of earlier this year. https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5235023-california-town-reports-third-fatality-related-to-rare-virus-linked-to-death-of-gene-hackmans-wife/
In a statement shared Thursday, Mono County Health & Human Services confirmed that a young adult had died from the illness. “We don’t have a clear sense of where this young adult may have contracted the virus,” Dr. Tom Boo, the county’s public health officer said. “The home had no evidence of mouse activity. We observed some mice in the workplace, which is not unusual for indoor spaces this time of year in Mammoth Lakes. We haven’t identified any other activities in the weeks before illness that would have increased this person’s exposure to mice or their droppings.”
Boo said deer mouse numbers are believed to be high this year in the Mammoth Lakes area, noting that “an increase in indoor mice elevates the risk of Hantavirus exposure.”
Boo noted that of the 3 deaths reported in the county so far, they do not believe that any of them “engaged in activities typically associated with exposure, such as cleaning out poorly ventilated indoor areas or outbuildings with a lot of mouse waste. Instead, these folks may have been exposed during normal daily activities, either in the home or the workplace.”
So this little guy was chilling 
with his eyes closed behind my front tire.
Slow reactions, turns out one eye closed, the other open & a little wet spot on his side.
Probably injured but can't rule out sick so he's gotta go. Daughter caught him with a bowl and tossed him into the woods. Sprayed aqueous ozone where he was resting & bottom of our shoes. I feel ok with this level of safe.
#HantaVirus #H5N1 #BirdFlu or caught by a cat or bird? 
Auch in unserer Region treten regelmäßig #Hantavirus-Infektionen auf. Beim #Frühjahrsputz rund um Haus & Garten sollte man deshalb seinen Gesundheitsschutz im Blick haben. 
https://t1p.de/dditi
Hanta Virus is what took Jim Henson.
#muppets #virus #mice #hantavirus
Gene Hackman’s cause of death revealed to be heart disease with his Alzheimer’s listed as a contributing factor. .
His wife (and caregiver) Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus a week prior. It’s a rare airborne illness spread through rodent feces.
Hackman was alone in the house for a week with his wife’s dead body.
We may never know exactly what happened in the days leading up to her death, but this is an important reminder that caregivers often need care themselves
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s is more than a full time job, and it’s possible she didn’t get the timely medical care she needed because she was putting his needs before her own
Caregivers deserve to be recognized and supported, and they should always have respite care available
If you know someone providing full time care, reach out to them. Ask them how they’re doing or if you can support them in any way.
Even giving them an hour of rest and recovery can make a world of difference
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gene-hackman-death-update-1.7478165
Well I did not have hantavirus on my "what happened to the Hackmans" bingo card. Looks like she died and he had advanced Alzheimer's so he may simply have been unaware of what was going on. He was not dehydrated so he may have been on autopilot till the end
Hantavirus is a nasty bugger
#hantavirus #genehackman
Betsy Arakawa (Gene hackman's wife) died of #Hantavirus. Before he (with Alzheimer's) and the dog followed.
**HANTAVIRUS**
But yeah, let's fire everyone who knows science at the CDC in the US and anyone else who believes in prevention.
Gene Hackman died of Hantavirus (Sin nombre) which is endemic in rodents like white-footed (USA) and deer mice (Canada). These are unusual wild mice that enter our homes, most wild mice won't.
Outdoor cats will also bring infected mice to your home, creating a vector for transmission.
Keeping your biodiversity-erasing and disease-vectoring car indoors is wise. So is plugging holes in the foundation with steel wool. No vaccine avail.
This is weird, until you learn Hackman had #Alzheimers.
Authorities revealed actor #GeneHackman died of heart disease & showed severe signs of Alzheimers a full week after his wife died of hantavirus.
Arakawa, 65, was found w/an open prescription bottle & pills scattered on the bathroom counter. Authorities linked her death to #hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Hackman, 95, was found in the mudroom. His death was tied to heart disease w/Alzheimer’s disease contributing.
Live #virus samples lost in major #Queensland lab breach
Nearly 100 live samples of the deadly #Hendra virus have been lost in a #biosecurity bungle at a state-run Queensland lab. It was revealed 323 virus samples went missing from #VirologyLaboratory in 2021 in a "major breach" of biosecurity protocol.
The material, which included samples of Hendra virus, #lyssavirus and #hantavirus, appears to have gone missing after a freezer storing the samples broke down.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/queensland-lab-breach-missing-vials-virus-health/104701198
però també de circulació activa i ara ha tret el cap, pels voltants del Berguedà. #Hantavirus #Catalonia #OneHealth
i Eslovènia concentren la majoria de casos. 
Però sabem que #hantavirus circula per la península, com a mínim des del 2013. Per assajos de immunofluorescència, i per PCR, s'analitzaren 526 rosegadors de 4 especies diferents capturats a Castella-Lleó en el període 2013-2019, i es detectà la presencia d’anticossos
contra #hantavirus però també del propi genoma del virus en un 1,6% dels talps comuns (Microtus arvalis) capturats. Per tant, hi hauria senyal d’infeccions passades...
tractament post-exposició com indica l'article.A més, és un virus relativament estable o persistent en el medi ambient, per ex. dues setmanes en llits de palla o herba seca.Es desconeix la dosi infecciosa.Que no hàgim tingut aquest virus encara no vol dir q no sigui un virus "europeu". Segons @ECDC_EU
des de l'any 2000 es notifiquen al voltant de 3.000 infeccions per #hantavirus a l'any (al període 2016-2020 un mínim de 1600 i un màxim de 4200 casos). Alemanya, Finlàndia, Àustria i...
Quan #hantavirus entra en una població de rosegadors acostuma a perdurar.Aquests virus, perquè són un núvol d'espècies amb noms molt suggeridors, com el #SinNombre, causen 2 síndromes: la mortalitat en cap de les dues no és menyspreable. Els hantavirus del Vell Món causen generalment el que s'anomena "febre hemorràgica amb síndrome renal" (#HFRS) i els hantavirus del Nou Món causen "síndrome pulmonar hantavirus" (#HPS).
Alguns apunts sobre el cas de #Hantavirus al Berguedà (en toca a prop, gairebé cada cap de setmana soc per allà).#vFNO també comença així, amb UN cas autòcton, sempre hi ha un 1er cas, però en algun moment, després, venen més.Molts hantavirus fan infeccions persistents en rosegadors, i quan dic persistents parlo de molts mesos tant a nivell individual com poblacional. Mentre hi ha infecció hi ha excreció i per tant contaminació i possible transmissió.
Auch in diesem Jahr gab es bereits #Hantavirus-Fälle. Das Virus wird vor allem durch Rötelmäuse übertragen. Bei #Frühjahrsputz-Aktionen rund um Haus & Garten sollte man deshalb folgende Tipps des Gesundheitsamts beachten: https://t1p.de/r2uhv
Important @novid
"Why the world’s first pandemic treaty may never happen
With less than six months to go, countries are still not really negotiating, say diplomats."
"The U.S., EU, U.K., Canada, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates have all indicated that they aren’t happy with the entire article on the mechanism.
The first diplomat said they believed that industry is the “main pressure” on high-income countries, with countries stating in talks that the private sector doesn’t want the mechanism."
#COVID #OneHealth #LongCovid #Influenza #MPox #Ebola #NileVirus #Hantavirus etc
UNMC: "Mouse Fever: What To Know About The Virus “Mowing Down” Putin’s Soldiers Fighting In Ukraine... The agency said it was viral in nature, which, along with its mode of transmission and the symptoms identified, suggests mouse fever could be hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HFRS is a “ group of clinically similar illnesses caused by” a cluster of related viruses known as hantaviruses. " #hantavirus #war #Ukraine #MouseFever #Russia #trenches #disease
https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/12/27/mouse-fever-what-to-know-about-the-virus-mowing-down-putins-soldiers-fighting-in-ukraine/
