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Nyborg had developed a spinal epidural abscess, according to Dr. Andrew Chan, a neurosurgical spine surgeon and director of ...

The doctor diagnosed cellulitis, which is a bacterial infection affecting layers of the skin below the surface. Cellulitis ...

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Two people have died at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton following an outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal disease, or iGAS, Halton Region says.

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There have been two deaths and five cases of strep disease linked to an outbreak at a correctional facility in Halton.

A strep test came back positive ... A spinal epidural abscess is an infection that can push on the spinal cord and cause the weakness and numbness Nyborg had been experiencing.