For the second year in a row, California is on track to break records for valley fever cases. Here's how you can avoid the ...

Source: California Department of Public Health (Chart by Kara Newhouse/KQED) See the California Department of Public Health’s map ... show up straight away — rather, they take between one and three ...

See the California Department of Public Health’s map ... Valley fever has a fairly long incubation period, which can cause confusion when pinpointing the source of a sickness. Symptoms don’t ...

Patterns of drought and precipitation play important roles in incidents of valley fever, which causes flu-like symptoms and in rare cases can be fatal. California is heading toward another record ...

Valley fever infections are on the rise across California, public health officials say. Dry, hot weather across the state — combined with heavy winter rains — make the perfect recipe for an ...

Valley fever, a disease caused by breathing in a type of fungus primarily found in the Southwest, is on the rise in California, according to the state's department of public health. "People who ...

BIG BOUNCE BACK SO FAR TODAY. RIGHT NOW, CASES OF VALLEY FEVER ARE SPIKING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? AND KCRA 3’S ANAHITA JAFARI LEARNS ABOUT THE LUNG INFECTION AND TELLS US ...

Cases of Valley fever, a fungal infection, have been climbing in California in recent years ... NBC News reviewed the medical record showing his positive test result. Mattson estimated that ...

What is Valley fever? It’s an infectious disease caused by the Coccidioides fungus, which grows in soil and dirt in parts of California. “While most people exposed to this fungus do not ...

California is heading toward another record ... research shows that other factors can play a role in incidents of Valley fever — including soil disturbance, such as the kind accompanying ...