California Dept. Of Public Health Investigating Disease Outbreak Among Music Festival Attendees
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deadline.comMore than 20,000 attendees at the California Lightning in a Bottle music festival may have been exposed to a dangerous fungal illness.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is investigating five cases of Valley fever that occurred among people who traveled through Kern County to attend the May 22-27 at Buena Vista Lake, near the city of Bakersfield.
So far, three people have been hospitalized, but additional cases linked to attendance at the festival are possible, authorities said to the Fox Weather channel,which first reported the story.
Valley fever symptoms include cough, fever, fatigue, difficulty breathing, and chest pain. There are about 200 deaths a year due to the disease.
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