Multiple families in Williamson and Maury counties are speaking out about their loved ones’ battles with histoplasmosis as state health officials continue investigating a growing outbreak that has now reached more than 30 cases and claimed at least one life.
Family confirmed the death of Alyssia, who died after a positive test of the fungal infection in December. Her mother in Knoxville said the positive test result came back days after her daughter’s death.
Among the survivors is 14-year-old Eli Stinson from Thompson’s Station, whose months-long battle with the illness began with a fever on Halloween that wouldn’t break…