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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.
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.
More people are dying from valley fever than previously thought. Elderly and immunosuppressed people are most at risk.
Candice Steed’s childhood was shaped by her mother’s losing battle with a disease that has reached epidemic proportions in California.