An illustration of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. An outbreak of Valley fever among attendees and workers at an outdoor music festival in California’s Central Valley highlights the fungal ...

California health officials are urging people who attended the Kern County music festival Lightning in a Bottle to seek medical care if they are experiencing respiratory symptoms or a fever.

Several people have contracted Valley fever following an outdoor music festival near Bakersfield, California, according to a statement from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Valley ...

Officials in California are warning of an increased risk of the potentially deadly Valley fever following more reported cases and an outbreak at a music festival this year. The California Department ...

Valley fever is contracted by breathing in spores of a certain fungus. Several people were recently infected with a fungal lung infection at an outdoor California music festival. As of Aug. 21, at ...

Cases of Valley fever, a fungal infection, have been climbing in California in recent years. Fourteen cases identified among people who attended or worked at a music festival in the state are an ...

Several people were recently infected with a fungal lung infection at an outdoor California music festival. As of Aug. 21, at least 19 people who attended or worked at the "Lightning in a Bottle" ...