New Brunswick Ramps up Efforts to Solve Mystery Behind Unknown Brain Disease

New Brunswick Ramps up Efforts to Solve Mystery Behind Unknown Brain Disease
New Brunswick's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, on July 6, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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FREDERICTON—New Brunswick is redoubling its efforts to find the cause of a baffling neurological disease that has killed six and infected 48 others, announcing Thursday that an expert committee will lead the ongoing investigation.

“The discovery of a potentially new and unknown syndrome is scary,” Health Minister Dorothy Shephard told a new conference. “I know that New Brunswickers are concerned and confused about this potential neurological syndrome.”