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Mystery illness baffling health officials

Federal and state officials in Alabama are attempting to find the cause of two deaths and multiple hospitalizations.

Five people are currently hospitalized in southeast Alabama with a mystery illness.

Those hospitalized say they have flu-like symptoms with fever, coughing and shortness of breath.

It all started on April 19, when the first case came in.

State health officials can’t seem to find common ground among the patients either.

Patients range from young to elderly, so there’s no clear group more susceptible to whatever it is causing people to get sick.

Health officials also say they’re not sure how contagious the condition is either, but they do not that no family members of the current patients have gotten sick.

The CDC is investigating tests from the lab and are hoping for results in the next day or so.

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