How to Use valley fever in a Sentence

valley fever

noun

• Three of them were confirmed by lab tests to have valley fever infections.
  — WIRED, 10 Oct. 2022
• Lim, Park and Wolke take care of a woman who has valley fever and learn she’s been keeping a secret from her fiance.
  — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
• Two types of the fungus Coccidioides cause valley fever.
  — Jim Robbins, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
• When wind or farm workers stir up the soil, people can breathe in the fungus, leading to an infection called valley fever.
  — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
• The 6-year-old cheetah passed away Dec. 27 after being diagnosed with valley fever a few months ago.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
• Over the last several years, cases of valley fever, a disease common to the arid West, have been steadily creeping up.
  — Dr. Adela Wu, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2021
• One-half of valley fever cases are from Maricopa County.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• Symptoms of valley fever often include fatigue, cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, night sweats, muscle aches or joint pain and rash on upper body or legs.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• Those risks include extreme heat, wildfire smoke, pollution from diesel trucks and diseases such as valley fever.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
• Meanwhile, climate change is making valley fever worse.
  — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• People can get valley fever when spores are inhaled or when exposed to the contaminated soil.
  — Murat Can Kalem, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2019
• Three new laws address valley fever reporting, testing, and education in the state.
  — NBC News, 17 June 2019
• However, there is a condition called valley fever, which is a type of fungal pneumonia caused by the fungus Coccidioides, which lives in soil in the southwestern U.S.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• Over the following decades, researchers would discover some important truths about valley fever.
  — Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021
• But quashing valley fever isn’t always a given, even for healthy individuals.
  — Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2024
• That includes the fungal infection valley fever, which lurks in dry Western soils, causes a serious illness resembling pneumonia, and is spreading north as the climate warms.
  — WIRED, 10 Oct. 2022
• Now When firefighters inhale this rotten air, the fungi can lead to a condition called coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, with symptoms including fever and shortness of breath.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 17 Dec. 2020
• From a public health standpoint, Antoninka believes biocrust could help reduce the risks associated with inhaling dust, such as asthma or valley fever.
  — AZCentral.com, 8 Dec. 2020
• The infections that triggered their chronic eye inflammation ranged from tuberculosis and syphilis to inhaled fungal blights like valley fever.
  — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2014
• When Victor Gutierrez contracted valley fever, his family often had to choose between food and his medication.
  — Petra Cahill, NBC News, 17 June 2019
• There is no cure for valley fever; doctors use existing antifungal medications that often don’t relieve the symptoms.
  — Jim Robbins, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
• These models are based on trends seen in precipitation and temperature: two factors critical to the lifecycle of the fungus responsible for valley fever.
  — Dr. Adela Wu, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2021
• That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive new state report tracking everything from valley fever to disappearing glaciers to extreme heat, as chronicled by my colleague Hayley Smith.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• The list included not only mosquito-borne viruses like malaria and dengue fever, but also asthma, monkey pox, shellfish poisoning and even fungal infections like valley fever.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
• That was his argument for vetoing bills to provide grants to rescue marine mammals and sea turtles, to educate Californians about valley fever, and to expand programs for disabled adults.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
• Plus, because valley fever is a regional disease, a physician needs regional knowledge to recognize its existence.
  — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 11 Nov. 2021
• And providers in Arizona need to be on the lookout for valley fever, a potentially deadly and often misdiagnosed upper-respiratory infection, Kadri said.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• That's because valley fever can come back when the monkeys' immune systems are suppressed during research, potentially compromising results.
  — Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2022
• With a return to dry conditions following a rainy winter, Southern Californians are at especially high risk of contracting valley fever this summer.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Patients in California undergo treatment for valley fever.
  — Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024