Two dead, another infected, as rare brain disease reported in one Oregon county

Microscope photo of brain tissue of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has seen three cases in a single Oregon county - (CDC)

Two people are believed to have died of a rare, incurable brain disease within months of each other in a single Oregon county.

Health officials said in a recent statement that three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease have been found in Hood River County, 70 miles east of Portland, in the past eight months.