Hantavirus has killed three campers at Yosemite this season, and thousands may have been exposed to the virus. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on the symptoms and explains how it's spread.
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Post by: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Filed under: Medical News |
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To the frustration of local residents, a handful of people in the region around Yosemite have died over past 20 years from hantavirus (and a couple other local deaths from years prior are unsolved and local residents suspect hantavirus) , but have not gotten much public health or media attention. Serious training for the local doctors and hospitals, such as Mammoth Lakes, at least in diagnosis and first-care would be valuable so people aren't sent home without treatment.