Valley fever: A potential serious health risk from Phoenix ‘haboob’
A massive dust storm, or in Arabic “haboob”, some 3,000 feet tall and 30 miles wide (WATCH video) hit Phoenix, Arizona Friday forcing a ground stop at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and More...
Research findings could result in the development of a vaccine and drugs for mucormycosis
PRESS RELEASE Mucormycosis is a deadly infection that strikes people with weakened immune systems when certain types of fungi, called Mucorales, invade the patients’ cells. A novel protein on the surface of the More...
Main Street Family Pharmacy recalls all sterile products after reports of seven skin abscess cases
Newbern, Tennessee compounding pharmacy, Main Street Family Pharmacy, announce a voluntary recall of all of it’s sterile products on Tuesday. Main Street Family PharmacyImage/Facebook The recall comes on More...
What is Valley fever? What is Coccidioidomycosis?
Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection that is endemic in the southwestern US (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah), plus arid areas Mexico, Central and South America. People are More...
