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Climate change expected to accelerate spread of sometimes-fatal fungal infection

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Valley fever is endemic to hot and dry regions like the southwestern United States and California’s San Joaquin Valley, but a new study predicts climate change will cause the fungal infection’s range to more than double in size this century, reaching previously unaffected areas across the western U.S.

Source: ScienceDaily.com