New Brunswick woman wants to get a strep A test. It’s proving to be difficult

New Brunswick woman wants to get a strep A test. It’s proving to be difficult

Early testing is key to treating an aggressive form of strep A that has already claimed the lives of five New Brunswickers this year. But getting tested, it seems, isn’t that easy. A Turtle Creek, N.B., woman says she has been unable to get testing for Group A streptococcus — a bacterial infection — despite … Read more

‘His body hurt so bad’: Father dies from aggressive form of strep, family speaks out

‘His body hurt so bad’: Father dies from aggressive form of strep, family speaks out

An aggressive form of strep is on the rise across the country and has already claimed five lives in New Brunswick this year — barely a month into 2024. The Wetmore family in Riverview, N.B., is now urging people to get tested for Group A strep, after they say their father and husband was one … Read more