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Climate change could enable valley fever to spread across more of Western U.S.

Fever. Body aches. Chills. It could be COVID-19. It could be the flu. But when a patient in the Southwestern U.S. develops these symptoms, doctors and nurses also consider the possibility of valley fever. It’s a disease caused by a fungus found in soil.

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