A virus that can cause a polio-like illness among children has been found in Bay Area wastewater as influenza cases spike.

A second child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died from measles in Texas on April 3.

Public health officials in California announced three people have died from hantavirus, the virus linked to the February death of Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa. The deaths occurred in the ...

A third person in the remote California town of Mammoth Lakes has ... sense of where this young adult may have contracted the virus,” Dr. Tom Boo, the county’s public health officer said.

The virus can spread through the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents, including deer mice, which are common in many parts of California, according to the California Department of Public Health.

open image in gallery Hantavirus is a virus that spreads through the urine, droppings, or saliva of wild rodents, including deer mice, and can cause serious disease in humans (California ...

April 6 (UPI) --A rare virus that killed actor Gene Hackman's wife in February has been linked to the deaths of three people in California. Officials in Mono County, located between the crest of ...

Public health officials in California confirmed that three people in the town of Mammoth Lakes have died from hantavirus, the same virus that killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife in February ...