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ESCANABA — During a career fair at Escanaba High School this week, exhibitors from businesses, the military and continuing education centers set up approximat

ESCANABA — During a career fair at Escanaba High School this week, exhibitors from businesses, the military and continuing education centers set up approximat

The Billerud facility in Escanaba, Michigan, on the upper peninsula, was shuttered for more than three weeks to clean and investigate the source of the fungus.

Health officials in Michigan fear that even more infections could be detected in the coming weeks because of the long time it takes for patients to start showing symptoms.

A rare fungal infection, blastomycosis, has claimed one life and hospitalized 12 people at a paper mill in Escanaba, Michigan. The mill, operated by Billerud,

A union chief admitted that determining the source of the outbreak would be impossible.

The outbreak was detected over a month ago, but the mill was kept running.

At least one person has died and nearly 100 have been sickened in an outbreak of blastomycosis at a northwest Michigan paper mill.

Billerud, which runs the mill in Escanaba, north Michigan, said it was closing the mill as a precationary measure. Workers there say people keep falling sick.

The spread of the disease in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is likely the largest blastomycosis outbreak in United States history.