Over the last several years, cases of valley fever, a disease common to the arid West, have been steadily creeping up.
David Mcnew/Getty Images, FILEBetween 2014 and 2018, valley fever cases tripled in California alone, and the state reached a record high of 9,004 new cases in 2019.climate change"I have talked to some people that the cases are over the usual numbers," Dr. George Thompson, a professor of medicine at University of California, Davis, said."We're probably up 30% [in my practice].
While valley fever is historically endemic to the hot and dry southwestern United States, experts are concerned that the fungus may be on the move due to ecologic and environmental changes, among other factors. These models are based on trends seen in precipitation and temperature: two factors critical to the lifecycle of the fungus responsible for valley fever.
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