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California Department of Health Warns of Valley Fever Outbreak From Music Festival

Five people who attended the event in Kern county came down with the disease and three of those patients were hospitalized, officials said.  
California Department of Health Warns of Valley Fever Outbreak From Music Festival
Bakersfield of Kern County, Calif., in a file photo. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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The California Department of Public Health has identified five cases of Valley fever linked to an outdoor music festival in Kern County near Bakersfield, officials said on July 29. 
Five people who attended the Lightning in a Bottle music festival at Buena Vista Lake May 22–27 came down with the disease and three of those patients were hospitalized, health department officials said.  
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