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

ASU and Mayo Clinic developed new technology for rapid valley fever detection. This comes as a patient shares how a delayed ...

As much as dogs love to dig, it’s not very healthy for them to do so in areas that contain the valley fever fungus. Try to keep their outdoor play space free of large, dusty patches and ...

Valley fever — also called coccidioidomycosis or “cocci” — is a disease caused by a fungus that grows in the dirt and soil. People and animals can get sick when they breathe in dust that ...

Cases of valley fever in Arizona are up by nearly 50 percent over this time last year and new laboratory data suggests a seasonal uptick in the disease is now under way, a local expert in the ...

Now, local doctors have developed a new rapid test for valley fever that can detect the infection in just 10 minutes. They say it will help you get the right treatment faster. The average time to ...

Because the cocci fungus never leaves the body after infection, it’s not immediately clear whether all 890 cases are new for 2016, or if some are old cases of valley fever that were detected in ...

Wade had a rare disease that eventually took his life ?. If you live in a hot dry area like Arizona or California your dog could be at risk.

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Arizona doctors said the average time to diagnose a patient with valley fever is close to three weeks but with this new test, they can find out in just minutes. Valley fever is a lung infection caused ...