ASU and Mayo Clinic developed new technology for rapid valley fever detection. This comes as a patient shares how a delayed diagnosis led to lasting health issues.

What Is Valley Fever in Dogs? Valley Fever, medically known as coccidioidomycosis, is caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis.

The fungus usually infects the lungs and can cause respiratory symptoms including cough, fever, chest pain and tiredness. Valley fever cases have been rising across the state over the past decade.

Utah officials are spreading awareness of Valley fever, an infection that is caused by breathing in fungus spores that live in the dirt.

St. George’s growth is kicking up the fungus that causes valley fever The main way to mitigate the spread of construction dust is to spray it with water, which is already in short supply.

California had the highest number of Valley fever cases ever reported in 2024, according to the state Department of Public Health.

California could face another record-breaking year of Valley fever fungal infection Drier summers and wetter winters are expanding the range of the fungus. The same conditions drive increasingly ...

California had the highest number of Valley fever cases ever reported in 2024, according to the state Department of Public Health.

Cases of Valley Fever have increased by 62 percent in southern Utah as development disturbs soil containing the dangerous fungus.

Utah officials are spreading awareness of Valley fever, an infection that is caused by breathing in fungus spores that live in the dirt.

What Is Valley Fever in Dogs? Valley Fever, medically known as coccidioidomycosis, is caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis.