New Mexico reports rare death from Valley fever
A 60-year-old Carlsbad man has died from “sepsis due to Coccidioides immitis pneumonia”, a rare thing in the state of New Mexico, according to a Current-Argus News report Thursday. Coccidioides immitis More...
Coccidioides fungus spread to US Northwest
NEWS RELEASE PULLMAN, Wash. – A fungus found in semiarid parts of the Southwest that sometimes launches a lethal illness has been identified for the first time in Washington state soil, leading public health officials More...
Talking Valley fever with Dr. John Galgiani
November 9-17, 2013 is the 11th “Valley Fever Awareness Week” in the state of Arizona, a state which reported some 12,000 cases of the fungal infection in 2012. Coccidioides immitis arthroconidiaImage/CDC I More...
‘Valley Fever Awareness Week’ is November 9-17, 2013 in Arizona
Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease that is endemic in the southwestern United States. This includes southern Arizona, central California, Southern New Mexico, and west Texas. In fact, as 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...
Arizona reports more than 12,000 cases of Valley fever in 2012
Coccidioides immitis arthroconidiaImage/CDC Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease that is endemic in the southwestern United States. This includes southern Arizona, central California, Southern More...
