Bill > HRes872

This resolution supports the designation of November 12, 2025, as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Awareness Day, highlighting the critical need to raise understanding about this rare and fatal brain disorder. CJD is a prion disease that occurs in approximately 1-2 cases per million people annually, causing approximately 600 cases in the United States each year, with 85% being sporadic (without known cause). The resolution emphasizes the disease's devastating progression, which typically leads to death within months of symptom onset and involves symptoms like memory failure, behavioral changes, involuntary movements, and eventual coma. The document underscores the importance of comprehensive prion disease surveillance, particularly through postmortem brain tissue examination, to understand potential transmission risks from animals like deer (chronic wasting disease) or beef (mad cow disease). Additionally, the resolution notes that research into CJD could benefit Alzheimer's and related dementia studies, and it recognizes the unique challenges faced by patients, families, and caregivers dealing with this rapidly progressive illness.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/872/all-info