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An anonymous Canadian whistleblower from Vitalité Health Network, one of New Brunswick's two health authorities, has said that more people are developing symptoms of a mysterious, degenerative neurological condition, according to The Guardian.
The condition, concentrated in New Brunswick, on Canada's Atlantic coast, has been analyzed by researchers for over two years. However, there is still no understanding as to what causes the condition.
Symptoms of the illness include memory problems, muscle spasms, extreme and unexplained weight loss , limb pain, and hallucinations.
The disease was originally hypothesized to be a human prion disease — where proteins called prions caused normal proteins to fold abnormally — but tests have shown this is not the case.
So far, the New Brunswick Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health has publically said that 48 people have had the disease, but sources told the Guardian...
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