Valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis or "cocci," is caused by inhaling dust or dirt containing a fungus called Coccidioides. It can infect the lungs and cause respiratory symptoms.
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 ...