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Three cases of a "100% fatal" mad cow-like brain disease just showed up in tiny Oregon town

Mark Frauenfelder
Apr 16, 2025
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Hood River, Oregon (tusharkoley/shutterstock.com)

Three cases of an extremely rare and fatal brain disease have appeared in a single Oregon county, defying statistical probability for an illness that typically affects just one or two people per million worldwide.

Hood River County Health Department reported one confirmed and two probable cases of Creutzfe…

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