Rob Purdie
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Rob Purdie is a founding member of the nonprofit MYCare, dedicated to raising awareness and promoting research on fungal diseases. His own experience with a Coccidioides infection, which spread to his brain and resulted in fungal meningitis, has fueled his advocacy for education and better treatment options for such infections.
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Rob Purdie from California contracted Valley fever in 2012 when he was 38, which led to meningitis and severe headaches.
California Valley fever cases could break 2024 record, health officials sayFox News·
United States· 2025-08-18
United States· 2025-08-18
Rob Purdie thinks he was outside his Bakersfield, California home, working in his garden, when he inhaled Coccidioides spores in 2012.
The next superbug threat is already here. It’s going to be even harder to overcomeCNN·United States· 2025-05-06
United States· 2025-05-06
