&#39;Everyone at Risk from Mad Cow Disease&#39;
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No one is immune to the human form of mad cow disease, variant CJD, new research suggests today. Some people whose genetic make-up normally acts as a barrier
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More than 460 people in Northern Ireland are being warned that they could have been exposed to vCJD through blood plasma products.
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Humans are likely to catch more than one form of mad cow disease, experiments in mice suggest. But the good news is that some people may have a genetic make-up that protects them against the disease.
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New Zealand&#39;s meat industry leaders are taking a &quot;wait and see&quot; approach to reports that a case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, New Zealand Press Association reported Saturday.
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Thousands of people are to be told they may have been exposed to vCJD through contaminated blood products.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Canada may have found a new  case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday, rekindling  tensions in its hard-hit beef industry just one day after the  United States announced plans to reopen the border to live  Canadian cattle.
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A possible new case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, the Agriculture Department said yesterday. The agency said the brain of a cow tested positive three times
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ATLANTA Oct. 1, 2004 - Emory University officials sent warning letters to more than 500 surgery patients at the school&#39;s medical center after a brain surgery patient tested positive for a fatal disease similar to the human version of mad cow disease.
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TORONTO -- Authorities confirmed yesterday another case of mad cow disease in the western province of Alberta -- the second animal found to have the deadly brain-wasting disease in Canada since US officials announced last month they would resume the cross-border cattle trade in March.
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The recent death of a middle-aged Alaska woman admitted to Harborview Medical Center for severe, unexplained dementia is being investigated by one of the nation&#39;s leading experts in prion diseases -- a category of illnesses that include so-called mad cow ...
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The human version of mad cow disease may look different in different people, depending on their genetic make-up, experts reported
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This article by Diane Farsetta takes a closer look at why the USDA bans independent testing for mad cow disease. When one beef producer wanted to test its own products in order to meet international safety
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Mad cow disease has been found in a  goat, the first time the brain-wasting affliction that ravaged  European cattle herds and killed at least 100 people, has been  diagnosed in another animal, the EU said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON : A gene may protect some people from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human brain wasting form of mad cow disease, researchers said on Thursday.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- A final laboratory test has confirmed that an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second case Canada has found in its herd, an industry source briefed by veterinary officials said yesterday. "It is positive," the industry source told reporters after a briefing from the agency. The animal did not enter the human or animal food ...
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Experts say patients given blood contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease face substantial risk.
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A possible new case of mad cow disease may have been discovered in the United States, according to a statement released by the US Department of Agriculture on Thursday.