People can get Valley fever if exposed to fungal spores. The area in the U.S. where these spores thrive may be growing larger ...

Cases of valley fever in Arizona have jumped 45% from what they were this time last year, an uptick of almost 4,000 cases.

Today, the association between wildland firefighting, Valley Fever, and dust exposure has become something of a truism. More ...

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 ...

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

Valley Fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is a fungus that develops below the undisturbed surface of soils in hot, dry areas in the western United States. The fungus, when inhaled in dust, can cause ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MDResearch has shown that fungal lung infections in lungs can possibly be mistaken for lung ...

Valley fever, also known by its clinical name coccidioidomycosis, is a lung infection that is rarely fatal and typically goes away without treatment. During the first 10 months of this year ...