The Physicians of Vilnoc, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Third and last novella in Penric's Labors.
When I realised this one was about a new disease I did a little internal inventory on how I felt about that, then decided I could read it today.
I still had trouble keeping my attention on it for long and let it wander off several times to wonder what Owen Harper would do on Golarion instead, sort of as a safety valve.

It's a good clever story with a set of medical detective work driving the urgency, and it's also about Penric working himself so hard he hurts himself.
But by the end they're all as okay as they can be after a big medical event like that, though I did end up wanting to pick him up by the scruff and make him sit down and eat and worry about himself for a change, but he ends up back with his family who will do that very well.
I like that he's supported as well as can be, but also running himself right down, it's realistic without being depressing.
And I like that they solved it, and that publishing about it was also part of the triumph.

I doubt I'll want to reread it much though, this is a trying topic.

Bujold's Outroduction makes clear the story was started in 2019, but it's not like the topic ever gets old.

Story was good though.