Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment ...

Three people in Hood River County have contacted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease over the span of eight months, an unusual pattern ...

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Three cases of an extremely rare and fatal brain disease have appeared in a single Oregon county, defying statistical ...

A total of three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and incurable brain condition, have been detected in Hood River ...

Health officials have confirmed a rare "100% fatal" Mad Cow-like brain disease has struck three people in the same county in ...

Hood River County in Oregon reported three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare human brain disease very similar to ...

The county says they've seen one confirmed and two probable cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the last eight months, resulting in two deaths.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a serious brain disorder caused by a misfolded protein called a prion, which is found in the brain and nerve cells. In the United States, there are about 500 new cases ...

CJD is caused by infectious proteins called prions. These proteins damage the brain and lead to fast-moving dementia.