In March 2021, Toronto journalist, Leyland Cecco, heard of a service note sent by New Brunswick health officials who warned against an unknown neurological syndrome that affects around 40 people. Since then, history has taken many twists and turns, more recently with a study evaluated by peers which concludes that there is no mystery disease after all.
Cecco tells Madeleine Finlay devastating symptoms that patients felt and why research is unlikely to resolve the conflict on what caused them