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The week’s biggest stories Valley fever cases are expected to spike in California
For the second year in a row, California is on track to have a record-breaking number of valley fever cases, which public health officials say are driven by longer, drier summers.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
The only way one contracts valley fever is by inhaling spores of the coccidioides fungus.
—Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, is not contagious.
—Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
Because researchers first identified cocci in California’s San Joaquin Valley, it’s also known as valley fever.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
The only way one contracts valley fever is by inhaling spores of the coccidioides fungus.
—Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, is not contagious.
—Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
Because researchers first identified cocci in California’s San Joaquin Valley, it’s also known as valley fever.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
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“Valley fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valley%20fever. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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valley fever
noun
val·ley fever
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