Just as with Valley Fever, concerns about coronavirus lead to questions about blood typing and risks. In decades-old Valley Fever research, blood type B was seen to be more likely to have severe infections. When scientists looked for the varying risk factors behind more severe Valley Fever, additional data was collected in later outbreaks. No…
Does Valley Fever require an compromised immune system to be serious? Some sources that should know better say it. Some people think it. But whenever compromised immune systems are mentioned online, we are sometimes asked about why VFS says anyone, even with a fully functioning immune system, can suffer from this disease? With military scientific…
There are many ways to compare Valley Fever with the COVID-19 coronavirus. Experts now have an estimate on how long COVID-19 can live inside the human body. After learning how long the novel coronavirus can live on surfaces, researchers now have an idea of how long the virus can live inside the bodies of those…
Many symptoms of COVID-19 and influenza overlap, here’s how to spot the differences. Valley Fever is regarded to have many flu-like symptoms, as discussed on the symptoms page. With high interest in the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak more information may be useful. “There is so much overlap in symptoms between flu and COVID-19 but a…