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They All Got Mysterious Brain Diseases. They’re Fighting to Learn Why.

www.nytimes.com They All Got Mysterious Brain Diseases. They’re Fighting to Learn Why.

Doctors in Canada have identified dozens of patients with similar, unexplained symptoms — a scientific puzzle that has now become a political maelstrom.

They All Got Mysterious Brain Diseases. They’re Fighting to Learn Why.

Investigation into Canada's New Brunswick brain syndrome is being blocked by the province, whose claims that the syndrome is various existing diseases have been debunked by federal experts, who suggest that the provincial government controlled by its forestry industry is blocking the investigation to retain tourism and industry.

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