She Got a Fatal Brain Disease—50 Years Later

Imagine getting an injection as a kid and not knowing it would come back to haunt you half a century later. That’s what happened to a woman in the US who just died from a rare, fatal brain disease called CJD—caused by a rogue protein called a prion. Turns out, she got a contaminated hormone shot back in the 70s, and it took 50 years for symptoms to show up. Wild, right? Scientists still don’t know why it took so long or how to cure it. #MedicalMystery #BrainHealth #PrionDisease #Health