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As prisoners with a higher risk of contracting the potentially deadly disease are being moved out of prisons, others are taking their place. These prisoners and their families are worried.
Officials say they need clarification before they can implement a federal receiver’s order to move some inmates from the threat of the disease.
Public health experts are applauding a federal directive intended to protect inmates from the potentially deadly disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed in a new research article that cases of the fungal disease rose at stunning rates.
Getting more attention for Valley Fever, which has reached epidemic proportions in parts of California’s Central Valley, will require a coordinated effort among doctors, drug companies and patient groups.
Thousands of Californians contract valley fever each year, and in part because of a inadequate funding, doctors have relatively few options to treat the disease.
A lack of awareness and timely testing for this potentially deadly disease has had serious consequences for some.
More people are dying from valley fever than previously thought. Elderly and immunosuppressed people are most at risk.
Up to 150,000 people are stricken with the potentially fatal disease each year, yet the government and the pharmaceuticals industry won’t fund research for a vaccine.
Research for valley fever remains low on the list of federal funding priorities despite having greater impact than other diseases that receive millions in taxpayer dollars.