More than 500,000 Americans could be sickened each year by Valley fever, the disease caused by breathing in the fungus Coccidioides, according to preliminary estimates developed by the Centers for ...

So-called "fungal storms" occur when airborne spores are spread by dust, wind, and flooding. Climate change is causing these ...

We describe a case of life-threatening disseminated coccidioidomycosis in a previously healthy child. Like most patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis, this child had no genomic evidence of any ...

Of the roughly 150,000 recognized fungal species, and perhaps the several million not yet identified, few cause disease in humans, 1 fewer do so in persons not overtly immunosuppressed, and only a ...

California health officials are warning about a surge in a potentially deadly fungal infection. The state is reporting 6,761 cases of valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, through July this ...

When you think of fungal infections, you probably think of itchy feet, but they can be a lot worse than that, and they me be ...

Valley fever cases increased in several Southern California counties in 2024, according to the California Department of Public Health. Caused by the fungus Coccidioides, the illness is contracted by ...

Credit: Getty Images With an increasing geographic footprint, it is important for clinicians to be able to recognize and treat coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, in susceptible patient populations.

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California is reporting 6,761 cases of valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, through July this year. Here's what you need to know about the potentially deadly fungal infection. California ...