FOX 10 Phoenix

3 cases of rare brain disease found in Oregon; 2 deaths reported

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 ...
CIDRAP

Portage County, Wisconsin, deer farm under quarantine after buck tests positive for CWD

Both free-ranging and captive animals have previously tested positive in the county, which is surrounded by other ...

Western Pa. hunters face new rules as state tries to manage chronic wasting disease in deer

Chronic wasting disease used to be something that was far away for most Western Pennsylvania deer hunters, centered in the ...
KOIN 6

3 cases of rare brain disease reported in Hood River County; 2 reported dead

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three cases of a rare brain disease have been reported by public health officials in Hood River County. The rare brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease have been found in ...
Medscape

Massive UK Surveillance Study Maps Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Children Over 27 years

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 ...
Seattle Times

Oregon health officials investigate rare brain disease blamed for two deaths

Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of a rare and fatal brain disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Two people have died and a third person is showing ...