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Gabrielle Cormier, 20, poses for a portrait on her front lawn in Dalhousie Junction, N.B. Cormier is one of the youngest patients diagnosed with a mysterious brain illness with clusters of cases on the north shore of the province and in the Moncton region. (Photograph by Chris Donovan)

Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick’s mystery illness

At least six people are dead. Dozens are sick. Are governments racing fast enough to find the answers needed to save lives?