According to a comprehensive study done in New Mexico, researchers found that people in the state of New Mexico are likely among the most at-risk populations for the disease in the United States.

South Dakota this year made valley fever a reportable disease and is capturing data from people who spend time in Arizona or other places where the disease is endemic.

McCarthy and Schweikert were part of a valley fever symposium held in 2013 in Bakersfield, Calif., which an area where valley fever, officially called coccidioidomycosis, is endemic.

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

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Healthbeat reports tick populations are rising in the Northeast, raising tick-borne disease risks. Here’s how to stay safe.

California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as the ...

There's something in the air in New Mexico. No, really. A new study by a team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the New Mexico Department of Health and the state's research universities ...

The prevalence of valley fever in 2019 was considerably higher than that reported through national surveillance.

A new Valley fever test will help doctors diagnose the respiratory illness within 10 minutes. As temperatures rise, it's important for Arizonans to catch early signs of skin cancer as well as protect ...