Researchers developed an antifungal drug using a bacterial compound called mandimycin that was effective at targeting fungal ...

Federal funding for Valley fever research can be hard to come by, researchers say, so the organism that causes it remains largely understudied. The illness is currently classified as an “orphan ...

Stephanie Innes Mar 1, 2015 Mar 1, 2015 Updated Aug 16, 2017 Frozen but alive inside a laboratory at the University of Arizona is a potential vaccine against an insidious, incurable, sometimes ...

A dry and dusty day in Kern County can carry more than just tumbleweeds. Public health officials said that dust could carry a ...

With an increasing geographic footprint, it is important for clinicians to be able to recognize and treat coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, in susceptible patient populations.

A Long Beach company with ties to the Central Valley believes it is on track to develop a Valley Fever vaccine for humans. More than 100 miles away from ...

immitis, C. posadasii). Inhaling these spores can lead to valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis. While this fungal infection is nothing akin to the spores seen in the series and video game, ...

They can give rise to coccidioidomycosis, which is also known as valley fever. These microscopic organisms are found in desert soil in the southwestern US, Mexico and parts of Central and South ...

the entire western U.S. would be amenable to the growth of the valley fever organism. “Clear up to the Canadian border,” Barker said. Warmer temperatures could allow fungi to survive at ...

Valley fever cases are expected to increase in 2025, particularly in California, raising public health concerns. A recent study reveals a strong link between the disease in dogs and humans ...

Drought conditions across the Golden State have been ramping up the dispersal of a soil-dwelling organism called coccidioides, which causes the flu-like disease known as coccidioidomycosis ...

“Getting to the Source of Arizona's Valley Fever Problem: A Tri-University Collaboration to ... Briefly, the number of BUCS patients diagnosed with CAP (pneumonia, organism unspecified, ICD10 code = ...