Valley fever is not an illness discussed often, but its an infection that you can get by simply being outdoors and breathing ...

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

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Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is a fungal infection that starts in the lungs and is obtained by breathing in fungal spores found in dust.

Valley fever is a lung infection caused by breathing in fungus found in dry soil, mainly in the Southwest. The new rapid test can detect valley fever in just 10 minutes. Holly Bock reports.

Valley fever symptoms can look like other respiratory illnesses like COVID or a bacterial infection. Testing for Valley Fever also takes several days, which leads to a lot of misdiagnoses.

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows average incidence of reported Valley fever per 100,000 people, by county, from 2011 to 2017.

Seminar to address Valley Fever in pets Send submissions to Allison Hurtado, Ahwatukee Foothills News Jan 3, 2012 Updated Sep 14, 2015 ...