‘It took everything’: the disease that can be contracted by breathing California’s air
by Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles from US news | The Guardian on (#630V7)
Valley fever, derived from a fungus that lives in the US south-west's soil, is on the rise as climate crisis dries out the landscape
The illness that would change Rob Purdie's life started with a headache, a terrible pain that began around New Year's 2012 and stayed for months.
It was only after several trips to urgent care facilities, multiple doctors and incorrect diagnoses - everything from sinus infections to cluster headaches - he learned what was wrong with him.
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