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Cases of a lung infection known as Valley fever are on the rise in the northern Central Valley and Central Coast regions of the state, the California Department of Public Health warns. "California had ...

The weather helps drive the spread of an often-misdiagnosed infection, which kills as many as 1,000 people per year. Valley ...

California surpassed 5,500 provisional cases of valley fever in the first six months of 2025, putting the state on track to hit record levels, according to a new snapshot of data from the state’s ...

Cases of valley fever — a lung infection that can cause severe sickness in some people — are once again rising across California in 2025. And this year, the state looks on track to hit record levels ...

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Valley fever, also called coccidioidomycosis or "cocci," is an infectious disease caused by the Coccidioides fungus that grows in the soil and dirt in some areas of California. Valley fever is a lung ...

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Cases of a lung infection known as Valley fever are on the rise in the northern Central Valley and Central Coast regions of the state, the California Department of Public Health warns. "California had ...