Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa died from a rare infection spread by mice. Are there any cases or risk in Oklahoma? Here's what to know.

Authorities say hantavirus is blamed in the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa. The rare virus is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces.

Betsy Arakawa, a classical pianist and Gene Hackman's wife, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare virus transmitted ...