Valley fever is the common name for a disease called coccidioidomycosis, which is an infection caused by pathogenic fungi ...

Investigations. Physical examination, brain and elbow MRI scans, chest CT scan, routine blood analyses, assessment of coccidioidomycosis antibody levels, immunodiffusion and complement fixation ...

Cases of valley fever are typically most prevalent in California’s Central Valley and southern Arizona, but they have been ...

As the range and incidence of valley fever grows, public health officials are struggling to warn visitors of the risk.

Valley Fever, officially called coccidioidomycosis, was first discovered in Southern California’s San Joaquin Valley. The ...

A study published in The Lancet Regional Health describes coccidioidomycosis seasonality in endemic regions of California and ...

As the climate warms, the southwestern US is increasingly experiencing weather whiplash as the region swings from drought to ...

SLO County has already seen more cases of the disease this year than any other in the last decade — and it’s only ...

Valley Fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, is a lung infection caused by the fungus Coccidioides, which resides in the soil. This fungus is predominantly found in the Pacific Northwest and ...

Cases of the flu-like disease coccidioidomycosis — also known as “Valley fever” — have risen dramatically over the past two decades, tripling from 2014 to 2018 and again from 2018 to 2022 ...

Valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, is not contagious and cannot spread person-to-person. It can take one to three weeks to develop symptoms, such as cough and chest pain, headache and ...

As the climate warms, the southwestern U.S. is increasingly experiencing weather whiplash as the region swings from drought ...