The Grand Canyon reports a hantavirus case in an employee and a positive rabies test in a bat, prompting health precautions.

GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — Cases of two zoonotic diseases, rabies and Hantavirus, have been reported at the Grand Canyon.

Officials with the National Park Service say two separate zoonotic disease were reported at the Grand Canyon, and one of them ...

Grand Canyon officials say a concessions employee got sick with hantavirus and two people came into contact with a ...

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. - Officials with the National Park Service announced on July 3 that two cases of zoonotic disease, or disease that can be transmitted naturally from vertebrate ...

GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — Cases of two zoonotic diseases, rabies and Hantavirus, have been reported at the Grand Canyon. Zoonotic diseases are diseases that can spread from animals to humans.

In the world of infectious diseases, hantavirus remains relatively obscure until outbreaks occur. This virus, although rare, has the potential to cause severe respiratory and kidney diseases.

Federal officials are warning boaters and swimmers to avoid scummy water in Antelope Canyon after cyanotoxins were detected.