Tammy Takara thought she had the flu. Instead she contracted the disease rising across Ventura County — valley fever.

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 ...

Drier summers and wetter winters are expanding the range of the fungus. The same conditions drive increasingly intense ...

For the second year in a row, California is on track to have a record-breaking number of valley fever cases, which public ...

She went to the emergency room and was tested for valley fever. “It was positive,” she said, noting the illness had triggered her pneumonia. It was shocking news but at least she knew what she ...

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

Diagnosing Valley fever is tricky, mostly because its symptoms overlap with other respiratory illnesses including flu, Covid and pneumonia. If someone experiences those symptoms, it’s important ...