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Researchers have been trying to understand valley fever for decades, but the playing field remained small until recently. “When I started in valley fever…
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Hundreds of children and their families cycle in and out of UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital each week, and yet Dr. Manish Butte still remembers the day…
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The individual health care costs of a severe case of valley fever can be devastating. But with thousands of cases of the fungal disease each year in…
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The fungal disease valley fever is endemic to arid regions of the western United States, but new research suggests the areas where it’s found could rise…
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For more than a decade, lawsuits have been piling up against California from inmates who contracted the fungal disease valley fever while incarcerated in…
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In 2018, Kern County’s caseload of the fungal disease valley fever rose for the fourth year in a row, health officials recently announced. Simultaneously,…
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Kern County has long been California’s epicenter for the fungal disease valley fever, and new data released Wednesday shows more people are contracting…
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When Jennine Ochoa became pregnant at the end of 2017, she didn’t know what to expect. At 42, she’d waited longer than most women to start a family. But…
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Governor Brown has signed into law two bills related to the disease valley fever, both written by Kern County Assemblymember Rudy Salas.The laws both aim…
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In a small boutique in downtown Bakersfield, Brenda Blanton donned a styling gown and settled into a salon chair facing a mirror. Shop owner Kelly Giblin…