Tag: brain disease

Tick-Borne Brain Disease Virus Found in 4 Areas: UKHSA

TheĀ UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned the public to avoid ticks after links were found between the bugs and cases of brain disease in four areas of the UK. The agency stressed that the risk of infection is very low to the general population, but greater awareness is needed among locals and hospital staff….


New Brunswick Residents Urge Province to Allow PHAC Probe Into Mysterious Brain Disease

A group of New Brunswick residents called on the provincial government to allow the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to investigate the cause of a mysterious neurological disease that has affected over 100 patients. In a joint statementĀ released on March 28, patients suffering from “atypical neurological decline” and their families, alongside Leader of the…