Rob Purdie, right, who has valley fever, checks in with his doctor at the same clinic where he serves as the program development coordinator at the Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical on March 22, ...

(NEXSTAR) – Cases of valley fever, a fungal disease caused by spores found within soil in (mostly) the Southwestern part of the U.S., has been rising in recent decades, prompting warnings from local ...

August is Valley Fever Awareness Month, but that’s not the only reason the Kern County Department of Public Health Services remains determined to spread awareness of the fungal disease that is endemic ...