Kansan contracts disease related to mad cow. Health officials think a Kansas man has died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare disease that affects the central nervous system and turns brain tissue spongy. [News Source]

Kansan dies of disease related to mad cow (The Wichita Eagle) Health officials believe a Kansas man has died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare disease that affects the central nervous system and turns brain tissue spongy. One variation of the disease is the so-called mad cow disease, but the human form of that has never been seen in the United States in someone who hadn't had exposure elsewhere. Because the incubation period for the disease is years ... [News Source]

Kansan dies of disease related to mad cow (The Wichita Eagle) Health officials believe a Kansas man has died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare disease that affects the central nervous system and turns brain tissue spongy. One variation of the disease is the so-called mad cow disease, but the human form of that has never been seen in the United States in someone who hadn't had exposure elsewhere. Because the incubation period for the disease is years ... [News Source]