Thousands face vCJD risk
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Six thousand people are to be told they may have been exposed to the human form of mad cow disease through blood products, the government says.
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Patients who may have received a blood plasma transfusion from an individual who later developed CJD are to receive letters informing them that they may be &quot;at risk&quot;.
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Children in overcrowded housing are up to 10 times more likely to contract meningitis, a report from charity Shelter reveals.
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ELEANOR HALL: A Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease scare has erupted in a major Melbourne hospital this morning. The Royal Melbourne Hospital has contacted more than 1,000 patients after the disease was discovered.
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Experts investigate a surge in the number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales.
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Eating BSE-infected meat could lead to people developing different types of CJD, research suggests.
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Blood donation restrictions were tightened today after warnings in Britain that vCJD can be transmitted through transfusions. Anyone who lived in Britain for more than one year between 1980 and 1996 will not be able to give blood from November.
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Scientists develop a technique they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD) in humans.
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Doctors have identified a highly contagious virus as the likely cause of an outbreak that left more than 100 teenagers in Md. violently ill over the weekend.
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A mysterious case of CJD raises the possibility of a new group of people falling prey to the illness.
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Virulent norovirus has forced at least 70 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients.
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Depending on your genetic makeup, vCJD (Varian Mad Cow Disease) will manifest itself differently, say researchers. This means vCJD may be present in some areas without being detected (vCJD means the human form of mad cow disease).
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In any serious US outbreak of avian flu affecting people, Delaware&#39;s huge chicken population would increase the risk of spreading the disease.
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BRITAIN has exported thousands of blood products potentially infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, to 11 countries.
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The United Kingdom has exported to &quot;at least 11 countries&quot; blood products at risk of contamination with the prion responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, The Times reports.
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LONDON: The United Kingdom has exported to 'at least 11 countries' blood products at risk of contamination with the prion responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow ...
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BRITAIN could be sitting on a CJD timebomb because thousands of people might be carrying the fatal brain disease without knowing it.