Health officials at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital say that they have noticed a spike in pediatric cases of Valley Fever in recent months.
Valley Fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, is a fungal infection that is caused by inhaling spores of the Coccidioides fungus, which lives in the soil. It is typically found in the soil of arid and semi-arid climates in both North and South America.
Symptoms usually mimic those of the flu, doctors said…