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For the second year in a row, California is on track to have a record-breaking number of valley fever cases, which public health officials say are driven by longer, drier summers.

As the range and incidence of valley fever grows, public health officials are struggling to warn visitors of the risk.

Thompson, a professor of medicine at UC Davis and an expert in the treatment of valley fever and other fungal diseases.

Residents fear the earth-moving work will increase the threat of valley fever — a fungal respiratory infection that is transmitted in dust.

Health officials are alerting Lightning in a Bottle attendees of the potential for valley fever.