A small Canadian province feared it had a mystery neurological illness on its hands. The search for answers set off a battle for the truth.

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People who died with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were more likely to have been prescribed antidepressants before neurologic symptoms started, a retrospective study in Austria showed. Compared ...

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 ...

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 ...

An iron imbalance caused by prion proteins collecting in the brain is a likely cause of cell death in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

US News & World Report: Brian Appleby, professor of medicine and director of the university’s National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, explained how doctors can often identify Creutzfeldt ...