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Dateline Canada:  Mysterious Brain Syndrome Grips Canada This is reporting from the New York Times As the coronavirus raged across the country the past 15 months, the medical enigma was initially slow to gain national attention. Canadian health authorities, distracted by the need to respond to the pandemic, scrambled to determine the seriousness of the outbreak, which was only publicly exposed after a memo about it by New Brunswick’s chief medical officer was leaked to the press in March. Doctors investigating the disease say the sluggish response underlines the challenge for other medical conditions to compete for the spotlight during a global pandemic. Medical experts said the murkiness surrounding the illness also reflected how, despite extraordinary advances in medical science, some conditions, in particular neurological diseases involving dementia, can puzzle even the world’s best scientific brains. Dr. Neil Cashman, a neurologist at the University of British Columbia in Vanco...

Imagine a world wear bears lose their fear of humans.. We certainly would be more afraid of them than we already are! That world is happening in the Western part of the United States.. California has warned people about a disease popping up in the bear population of the state. Scientists have discovered five new viruses in some of the bears with the symptoms, but they have no idea whether the viruses are to blame for the disease. This is what the California Fish and Wildlife office wrote, A young black bear displaying neurological abnormalities, including a prominent head tilt, undergoes a CT scan at UC Davis in 2019. The bear became something of a social media sensation for approaching people at the Northstar ski resort before being treated by CDFW and placed with a wildife facility in San Diego, where the bear has required ongoing veterinary care. CDFW photo by Kirsten Macintyre. The reports out of Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, last month sounded eerily familiar. A small, black be...

 WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, HAVEN'T WE? The CDC has advised new guidance not on COVID.. not on Ebola.. But on the impending zombie doom..  FROM THE REPORT: The CDC recently updated the Zombie Preparedness section on its website — yes, this is a thing. While the section isn’t new — it originally launched back in 2011 — it does make for interesting timing given that it's been updated in the middle of a global pandemic that just so happens to be happening in the year of a predicted zombie apocalypse. The CDC makes it clear online that this is a joke, albeit one with a serious message about the importance of disaster preparedness. "Wonder why zombies, zombie apocalypse, and zombie preparedness continue to live or walk dead on a CDC web site?" the landing page reads. "As it turns out, what first began as a tongue-in-cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform. We continue to reach and engage a wide varie...