Valley fever infects more than 13,000 people annually in Arizona and California and kills more than 100. Yet the two states spend less on public awareness about the disease in one year than what the Bakersfield City School District spends on lunch milk for a month and less than what Pima County’s Parks and Recreation Department spent on janitorial supplies in 2016.
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Federal Funding Fuels New Valley Fever Research
The National Institutes of Health long ignored valley fever, a disease that mostly affects people in Arizona and California. But it is now providing critical support and researchers say they are “on the cusp of doing some very exciting things.”
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A Chance to Be Heard
Top federal health officials are traveling to Bakersfield this week to hear the stories of valley fever survivors and discuss how to bring greater awareness of and funding for the sometimes crippling disease.
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CDC Confirms Valley Fever Epidemic; Cases Up 850 Percent in California
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed in a new research article that cases of the fungal disease rose at stunning rates.
