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Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control show cases of Valley fever in the U.S. have increased nearly 800% in the past 20 years. To help track and treat the disease, the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence launched a new dashboard. "Two-thirds of all U.S. infections occur in Arizona. In some cases, the disease can go to a person's lungs, spine and legs," said John Galgiani, MD, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona and associate clinical professor of Internal Medicine with the College of Medicine – Phoenix. "So early diagnosis is very useful. And we're trying very hard to get people to make the diagnosis as soon as patients start feeling sick."
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Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 800 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.