What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman's wife?
- Posted on March 8, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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What is hantavirus, the rare disease that killed Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman's wife?

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with an up to 50% mortality rate in the American Southwest, officials said.