The CDC is making the third week in September “Fungal Disease Awareness Week.” Considering the how fungi are chronically disregarded as a cause of medical problems worldwide, this is an important and useful idea. Some fungal diseases go undiagnosed and cause serious infections in people in the United States and around the world, leading to…
“We made projections out to the end of the 21st century, and our model predicts that Valley fever will travel farther north throughout the western United States, especially in the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains and throughout the Great Plains, and by that time, much of the western U.S. will be considered endemic,” says…
From the original LA Testing press release: Cal/OSHA Cites Construction Company After Workers Contract Valley Fever The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) announced earlier this year that it had issued serious health and safety citations to a construction company after two of its employees contracted Valley Fever. The workers were exposed to…
A warning for residents in Arizona. Health officials are dealing with an increase in two major diseases, West Nile virus and Valley fever. Source: You may be more at risk for two major diseases in Arizona – KYMA Health warnings tend to be useful. This news story discussed both West Nile Virus and Valley Fever in…
A decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to shut down a Fort Detrick military lab may affect research underway there. Source: Effect of USAMRIID shutdown on research at Fort Detrick unclear | Health | fredericknewspost.com When Valley Fever was being held for use as a weapon, it was stored at Fort Detrick,…
With the July 2019 earthquakes strongly in all Kern county residents’ minds, our previous article mentioned the possibility of earthquake-borne Valley Fever. A 1994 news article discussed the consequences for one man after the Northridge earthquake: A 71-year-old Simi Valley man has died of Valley fever, a respiratory illness that may have been caused by…
Image Source: Biggest earthquake in years rattles Southern California – Los Angeles Times The earthquakes that started July 4, 2019 in Kern County shook residents, destroyed property, and caused a lot of the problems expected by earthquakes. They also may have spread the spores that will add to a new wave of Valley Fever infections…
Like airport security barriers that either clear authorized or block unauthorized travelers and their luggage from accessing central operation areas, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) tightly controls the transport of essential nutrients and energy metabolites into the brain and staves off unwanted substances circulating in the blood stream. Source: Enhanced human Blood-Brain Barrier Chip performs in…
Current news from the Dominican Republic may become the future Valley Fever defense: Dominican Republic health officials lashed out Wednesday at the recent reports exposing the deaths of American tourists visiting their country, calling them “fake news” with the intent to derail the county’s tourism industry. Source: DR officials blast US tourist death reports as…
