Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is one of the most mysterious neurological disorders known to medicine. As recent discussions have spotlighted its damage to the brain, perhaps the most central question that ...

Two people have died and a third remains under investigation after health officials in Hood River County identified multiple cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare but deadly brain disorder ...

Three people in Hood River County have contacted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease over the span of eight months, an unusual pattern for an incredibly rare disease. Reading time 3 minutes A small Oregon ...

Three people in a small Oregon county are believed to have contracted a rare brain disease with a 100% fatality rate. Within the last eight months, health officials in Hood River County have ...

In April 2025, three people in Oregon developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare, fatal neurological condition that is similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Health officials in Hood River County confirmed Monday that two local deaths have been linked to a rare brain disease within the last eight months. During that period, the county said ...

Maine Medical Center in Portland postponed elective surgical procedures scheduled for Nov. 9 and 10 after discovering a patient potentially has Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease or another prion disease. On ...

A 27-year active surveillance study of 5222 UK children identified six children with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD); the last two children developed symptoms in 2000 and died in 2003. "In ...

Health officials in Hood River County say that two people have died of a rare brain disease. County health officials say they’ve identified three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the last eight ...