A new rapid test for Valley Fever developed in Phoenix is getting ready to go on the market and will be a game-changer for doctors in diagnosing the disease.
Valley Fever is a disease that anyone with lungs can get. It exists in our desert environment, in the top layers of our soil. When we breathe in the spores, it causes a fungal infection in the lungs.
Doctor Thomas Grys, a Professor and Co-Director of Microbiology at ASU, has been researching valley fever for 14 years…