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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/16/19cndgpymuwkpjpg.jpg?quality=7520001254Called the “silent epidemic,” a little-known fungal disease called valley fever has become 10 times more common in the past decade. Its fungal spores are being spread by dust storms in the American Southwest. Exactly why valley fever suddenly increased has nagged at public health officials, but a piece in The New Yorker suggests something […]