Valley fever, also known by its clinical name coccidioidomycosis, is a lung infection that is rarely fatal and typically goes away without treatment. Start the day smarter.

Researchers at Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic are working on a new, faster way to find out if a patient has Valley ...

Valley fever is most common in the dry, hot southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. In California, the majority of cases have been concentrated in the San Joaquin Valley — in fact, the region is the ...

Valley fever cases are up almost 50% in Arizona in 2024. It's not contagious as a person has to be exposed to fungal spores to contract the infection.

Valley fever is caused by the Coccidioides fungus, which lives in dry soils. Like most fungi, it produces spores that become airborne, which can infect humans when we breathe it in.

Cases of Valley fever are spiking across the southwest. Infections in Arizona have jumped 45% from what they were this time last year, an uptick of almost 4,000 cases.

Valley fever is an infectious disease caused by the coccidioides fungus, which grows in the soil and dirt in some areas of California. It is most commonly found in the San Joaquin Valley and ...

In 2021, CDPH reported 317 cases of Valley fever in Tulare County, a rate of 65.8%. The county doesn't have finalized case numbers for Valley fever for 2023 or 2022, Minnick said.

Hotbed areas are typically the Central Valley, but Dr. Stuart Cohen, the co-director for the Center for Valley Fever, said an upward trend in temperatures in recent years is contributing to a rise ...

Valley fever does not spread between people or between people and animals. But, Sykes and Camponuri believe the dog data could be used as a warning sign for where humans should look out for the ...

Valley fever is most common among older people. Okoli noticed that many of his patients are elderly people who have retired to New Mexico from somewhere else. He thinks those who grow up in the ...

Valley fever cases tripled in California from 2014 to 2018, and 2018 to 2022, the agency said, adding that 7,000 to 9,000 cases were reported each year.