strep

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

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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

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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