The cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been confirmed over the last eight months, and it’s unclear if these cases are linked at this time, according to the Hood River County Health Department on Friday. The Oregonian/OregonLive, which was the first to report on the cases, says two of the cases have resulted in deaths. Nexstar’s KOIN reached out to the Hood River County Health Department for confirmation but did not immediately receive a response. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is the result of a prion, a type of infectious protein, triggering a body’s normal proteins to misfold, according to the Centers for Disease...