The two-and-a-half-month-old infant suffered a stroke after he was sent home by the doctor despite showing symptoms of the illness.

A person in Waterloo region recently died after contracting meningococcal meningitis, Waterloo Public Health’s acting medical officer of Health confirmed.

A judge is to rule Thursday whether an Alberta couple who treated their son with herbal remedies rather than seek medical attention should be held responsible in his death.

David and Collet Stephan are on trial for a second time for allegedly failing to provide the necessaries of life to their 19-month-old son Ezekiel in 2012.

Testimony resumed in the retrial of David and Collet Stephan on Monday, with the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on their 18-month-old son, Ezekiel, returning to the stand.

There were some very heated moments during testimony at the retrial of David and Collet Stephan on Thursday.

The medical examiner who did the autopsy on 18-month-old Ezekiel Stephan spent a third full day on the stand Wednesday at David and Collet Stephan's retrial in Lethbridge.

Much of the defence testimony on Tuesday centred around missing records and a lack of symptoms showing meningitis.

Another medical professional is taking the stand Thursday in the retrial of David and Collet Stephan.

The medical examiner who did an autopsy on an 18-month-old boy says there was no suggestion a lack of oxygen had anything to do with the child's death.