LeBlanc was told Public Health would be in contact with a detailed questionnaire "within days." He was referring to a private Facebook group for patients and families of patients with the mystery disease. "Public Health New Brunswick will be in touch by phone to conduct interviews with individuals very soon," he said. An unknown neurological disease with similarities to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and fatal brain disease, or prion disease. Scientists are currently looking into the possibility that this is a new variant of a prion disease — or a new disease entirely.

Source: CBC News May 20, 2021 10:00 UTC