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🥼UCI Dr.MorganG in NBCNews “Valley fever, historically found only in the Southwest, is spreading.”

You are here: Home / News & Announcements / 🥼UCI Dr.MorganG in NBCNews “Valley fever, historically found only in the Southwest, is spreading.”

January 31, 2023

Doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with Devin Buckley.

It was February 2018, and the previously healthy 18-year-old found that he couldn’t walk to the bathroom without becoming winded. That was in addition to the rapid weight loss, stomach problems and extreme fatigue that seemed to come out of nowhere.

The campus health center at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where Buckley was enrolled as a freshman, had no answers. Neither did anyone at urgent care.

Buckley was home in Chicago for spring break when he wound up in the intensive care unit, struggling to breathe. It was there that he was finally diagnosed with Valley fever, after a family friend suggested the doctors test for it.

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