LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – There’s a rare brain disorder that leads to death within just one year after people first begin experiencing symptoms. Jay Mitzner and his wife Carole Colburn got married in ...

The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a universally fatal prion disease that progresses rapidly, rose consistently from 2007 to 2020, a study of death certificates showed. CJD codes on ...

If you’ve been turned down from donating blood in the past, you may be able to roll up your sleeves now. Mayo Clinic announced this week it will start accepting people who had been deferred from ...

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 ...

Health officials have reported three cases of a rare and fatal brain disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Hood River County. The Hood River County Health Department confirmed one case and ...

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 ...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. (KABC) -- Dozens of friends turned out for Ryan Wilson Palmer's 49th birthday. They put candles on his cake, hugged him and sang to him. But Ryan's ...