Cape Cod, Massachusetts May Have Case of Mad Cow
Boston television stations tonight are reporting that a Cape Cod hospital is testing a patient for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of Mad Cow disease.
Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the Massachusetts director of communicable disease control, said the tests are being done to see if the patient has Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and whether it's the variant attributed to mad cow.
There have only been three cases of the human form of mad cow disease reported in the United States in the last several years, and public heath officials say it's extremely unlikely the patient in Cape Cod.
They also said there was no cause for concern and that the illness was not contagious.
Go here for the Fox network affiliate report.
