ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Hantavirus, the disease that killed Gene Hackman’s wife, is carried in more than 30 animals in New Mexico ... the virus in not just mice but also in squirrels ...

In northern New Mexico, the virus is spread by the droppings and urine of deer mice. The virus is often transmitted through the air when people sweep out sheds or clean closets where mice have ...

Hantavirus isn't just in deer mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the University of New Mexico, which found the virus in a quarter of more than 1,400 small mammals tested across the ...