New Brunswick Brain Disease

• N.B. patients and family of mystery brain disease call for fresh investigations

  New Brunswickers suffering from a mystery neurological disorder are calling for an investigation into potential environmental causes of the health problems they have.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2023
  
• N.B. woman with unexplained neurological symptoms wants answers: ‘This is not a common thing’

  Sarah Nesbitt, 39, wants the province to explore the possible link between her neurological symptoms and the use of the herbicide glyphosate.

  Environment

  Mar 7, 2023
  
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• Oversight committee rules out mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick

  An expert committee has determined there is no evidence of a mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick and Public Health says its investigation is now complete.

  Health

  Feb 24, 2022
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• N.B. health minister questions validity of mysterious neurological disease after report

  Health Minister Dorothy Shephard released the report as part of an investigation into a cluster of 48 patients who have the potential neurological syndrome of unknown cause.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2021
• Sixth death has been linked to mysterious brain syndrome in New Brunswick

  Last month, a researcher with the Public Health Agency of Canada suggested a potential cause may be some kind of environmental exposure.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2021
• New Brunswick man searches for answers as father slowly deteriorates due to mysterious disease

  'The government, public health and some people don't want people to be scared and to panic, but I think people need to because that's all we've been doing as a family.'

  Health

  Mar 24, 2021