Patient may have mad cow disease
From Times Wire Reports
State health officials are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease.
There have only been three cases of the human form of mad cow disease, known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob, reported in the U.S. in the last several years.
Test results are expected to take a few more days.
A Cape Cod Hospital spokesman said public health officials did not consider the illness contagious.
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