California warns about Valley fever in August
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#GFRQ)
In the last 10 years, infection rates in California and Arizona have risen 400 percent, prompting California to designate August as Valley Fever Awareness Month. Valley Fever is caused by the inhalation of tiny airborne fungi (Coccidioides immitis) that live in the soil but are released into the air by soil disturbance or wind. The fungus attacks ["]
