Valley Fever News and Information

California Faces Increased Risk of Valley Fever This Summer

KQED's The California Report

A Biden Administration program to monitor asylum-seeking families and subject them to a curfew is set to expand to several California cities next week. It’s part of an effort by the Biden Administration to signal a tough but humane approach to border enforcement.
Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED

Following the state’s record-breaking rainfall in the winter, and now its dry heat, public health officials are worried about an uptick in Valley fever infections.
Reporter: Izzy Bloom, The California Report

In the early 1900s, many young Americans of Japanese descent left the United States to escape discrimination and seek opportunity back in Japan. When war broke out, they experienced the violence of the U.S. offensive while trying to navigate complex, often contradictory feelings about identity and belonging. Reporter Kori Suzuki explores this period through a very personal story — that of his grandmother.
Reporter: Kori Suzuki, KQED

• ViewFinder: Deadly Dust - Valley Fever in the West, aired March 26, 2014 on KVIE
• Insight Program, interview with Dr. George Thompson about valley fever, Capital Public Radio. March 19, 2014
• "Diseases on the move because of climate change," USA Today, December 5, 2013
• "Valley fever costs mount for patients and taxpayers," Valley Public Radio, September 22, 2012
• Valley fever cases increase, yet vaccine remains elusive," Voice of Orange County, October 7, 2012

News Media Contact:

Carole Gan
Senior Public Information Officer
UC Davis Health Office of Public Affairs
916-734-9047
cfgan@ucdavis.edu

Informational resources

California Department of Public Health Valley Fever Page

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Valley Fever Page