Colorado health officials remind the public to take steps to avoid hantavirus

Officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are reminding residents to to take steps to avoid hantavirus, a rare but potentially fatal respiratory disease from a virus carried by deer mice. People are most likely to get hantavirus by breathing in dirt and dust contaminated with deer mouse urine, droppings or saliva. More ["]

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