Skip to content Skip to navigation
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

News

Valley Fever Inmate Deaths Considered By Federal Judge In California

June 17, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — A lawyer representing inmates at two California state prisons told a federal judge Monday that an airborne fungus occurring in the San Joaquin Valley presents the deadly threat of valley fever and that thousands should be transferred immediately. Warren George, of the Prison...

What's Contributing to the Spread of Valley Fever?

May 30, 2013
PASO ROBLES, Calif. -- The long drought is easing in much of the country, but not west of the Mississippi, where it is still bone dry, according to a report Thursday by the federal government. That may be a factor in the spike in valley fever, a little-known illness that is spread by dust in the...

Valley Fever Raises Concerns in California, Arizona

May 20, 2013
LOS ANGELES — A longstanding health problem in California's Central Valley has worsened in recent years, leading health officials to order the relocation of 3,000 prisoners from two state prisons. But the disease affects much of the population in some rural communities and, while it often...

Paso Robles Winemaker Battles Valley Fever

May 15, 2013
The quest for the perfect pinot noir lured Todd and Tammy Schaefer from Malibu to Paso Robles in 2001. But a different fate awaited them and their business, called Pacific Coast Vineyards. “My wife and I had just come up here, to set up shop and continue our practice of winemaking, and,...

Cases Of Mysterious Valley Fever Rise In American Southwest

May 13, 2013
When she was just 6, Emily Gorospe became very tired and sick. The spunky girl, now 8, developed a fever that wouldn't go away, and red blotches appeared across her body. "She's got so much energy usually," says Emily's mother, Valerie Gorospe. "Just walking from one...

Valley Fever Causes Concern in Central California

May 7, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. -- California and federal public health officials issued an alert that a dust-borne disease known as valley fever has been on the rise. Valley fever is contracted by simply breathing in fungus-laced spores from dust blowing in the wind. The disease, which is potentially lethal, has...

California, Arizona see spike in valley fever cases as worsening drought kicks up dust

May 6, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. –  California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the dust that spreads it...

Researchers Studying Valley Fever to Help Region

May 1, 2013
In an effort to combat a debilitating disease commonly found in the region, UC Merced researchers are collaborating with area medical leaders to better understand valley fever. Through the campus's Health Sciences Research Institute, immunology Professor David Ojcius is working with Dr. James...

Experts Share Latest Research On Valley Fever

April 29, 2013
Disease is on the rise in San Diego County By Janice Arenofsky April 29, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) -- In early April, some of the world’s foremost experts in coccidioidomycosis presented published papers on the epidemiology, laboratory science and clinical status of , a fungal...

Arizona sees majority of valley fever cases

March 28, 2013
PHOENIX - It's a health issue we all face because we live in the desert southwest. Arizona is one of the worst places in the country for valley fever. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say Arizona has seen the biggest increase in valley fever since 1998, from about 1,...

Pages