Neuropathologists urge Ottawa to bring back autopsy services for patients suspected of having fatal brain illness

Neuropathologists across Canada are urging the federal government to revive autopsy services for people suspected of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a fatal prion brain illness linked to mad cow disease. The appeal signals a gap in national diagnostic and surveillance capacity and raises public-health policy concerns; the development has negligible direct market impact.

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Neuropathologists across Canada are urging the federal government to revive autopsy services for people suspected of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a fatal prion brain illness linked to mad cow disease. The appeal signals a gap in national diagnostic and surveillance capacity and raises public-health policy concerns; the development has negligible direct market impact.