A woman who survived a blastomycosis outbreak in a northern Ontario First Nation speaks out – CBC
Oct 24, 2025
Jennifer Taylor was in intensive care after she contracted a fungal lung disease, mistaken for pneumonia
Jennifer Taylor knew something was seriously wrong when she could no longer breathe lying down.
The 50-year-old from Constance Lake First NAtion started feeling sick in November of 2021, and on the 12th went to hospital in Hearst.
Having asthma, she knew the signs of pneumonia and thought that’s what she had, and a doctor gave her antibiotics telling her she would soon feel better.
