Getty Images/Thomas Roche. Here's What Valley Fever Looks Like . Valley fever shares certain similarities with respiratory infections, like fatigue, cough, fever, headache, and muscle aches.

Valley fever’s symptoms start out much like those of the flu. But this illness comes from a fungus that lives in the soil, and a few cases are serious.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Valley fever, also called coccidioidomycosis, is an infection caused by the fungus Coccidioides.. With dust and sand kicked up into the ...

Valley fever is a fungal disease found primarily in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. A new study published in JAMA Network ...

What is Valley fever like in people? ... In some areas with lots of the fungus, Valley fever is estimated to cause 15% to nearly 30% of pneumonia cases, according to the CDC.

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

Researchers made a vaccine that appears to prevent and treat Valley fever, a lung disease caused by a fungus, in dogs, paving the way for a vaccine in people.

Valley Fever is a fungal infection that attacks the lungs. People can become infected when they breathe in fungal spores. The fungus is in the soil in places like the Southwest and the Central Valley.

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.

An experimental vaccine designed to protect dogs against a certain fungus that causes a disease called Valley fever has proved effective after decades of research. Valley fever mostly affects dogs ...