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Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2023 - Interstate 10, an artery that cuts through the rural drylands of southern New Mexico, is one of the countrys deadliest roadways. On one stretch of the highway, just north of a dry lakebed called Lo

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2023 - Interstate 10, an artery that cuts through the rural drylands of southern New Mexico, is one of the countrys deadliest roadways. On one stretch of the highway, just north of a dry lakebed called Lo

Valley Fever -- which can sometimes be deadly and sometimes so innocuous as to be mistaken for a cold or mild flu -- has now been added to the list of things "caused by climate change". Actually, the real claim is that the future spread of Valley Fever, if it occurs, will be caused by climate change because "models".

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - At some point, Erik McIntyre inhaled the fungal spores. He couldn't see them, or feel them, and it was weeks before he began to lose energy, to drop weight, to cough up blood at a karaoke bar in Arizona. Now that he's paralyzed from Valley fever, in a nursing home at age 53, the former U.S. Navy electrician's day begins at 5 a.m. with a rectal tube procedure to release gas trapped in his stomach. The antifungal injections that left him retching and shaking ar...

A warming climate changes cycles of droughts and intense rains, which can increase the risk of fungal diseases in humans.

LANL scientists contribute to the battle against fungal threats.

Disease-causing fungi are likely to thrive in a warmer, stormier world – and more of them might be poised to make the leap to infecting people.

Disease-causing fungi are likely to thrive in a warmer, stormier world.

A fungus that lurks in desert soil makes thousands of Americans sick every year with a condition known as Valley Fever. Thanks to climate change, it’s spreading north.

As precipitation decreases due to a warmer climate, the coccidioides fungus is predicted to spread across much of the western U.S., according to a new study