Valley fever is a lung infection caused by breathing in spores from the fungus, Coccidioides, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is most common in the San Joaquin ...

Just fat tissue damage. But there is something they found on my lungs. They told me to follow up,’” she recalls. Her doctor recommended she visit a pulmonologist. At the time, Portillo lived in ...

Her doctor recommended she visit a pulmonologist. At the time, Portillo lived in Arizona, where Valley fever, a lung condition caused by a fungal infection, can occur. The doctor tested her for ...

Valley Fever, or coccidioidomycosis ... If the fungus disseminates beyond the lungs, it can cause cocci meningitis, resulting in paralysis and neurological issues. As the climate warms and ...

Valley fever may cause flu-like symptoms that go away within weeks to months. Some people may develop a severe chronic lung infection. Fungal pneumonia does not spread from person to person.

brain or lungs resulting in organ failure and even death. Studies have shown males and people of African descent are particularly susceptible to the more serious forms of Valley Fever. “The families ...

Residents in Hurricane are not just concerned about the inconvenience, disruption and mess of construction blasting close to residential areas, but also the pot ...