Human mad cow epidemic may be underestimated (Reuters via Yahoo! News) People could be infected with the human form of mad cow disease for more than 50 years without developing the illness, which means the size of a potential epidemic may be underestimated, UK scientists said on Friday. [News Source]

Human Mad-Cow Disease May Be Latent for 50 Years, Study Says (Bloomberg.com) June 23 (Bloomberg) -- Patients may develop the human form of the mad-cow disease more than fifty years after being infected with the fatal illness, researchers said in a medical journal. [News Source]

Study Suggests More Deaths From Mad Cow Disease (New York Times) The long lives that some former cannibals enjoy before succumbing to a brain-wasting disease suggest that many more humans will eventually die of mad cow disease, scientists said Thursday. [News Source]

Human mad cow epidemic may be under-estimated (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) People could be infected with the human form of mad cow disease for more than 50 years without developing the illness, UK scientists say. So far about 160 people have been diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). [News Source]

Cannibal study suggests human toll from mad-cow disease could be huge (AFP via Yahoo! News) The ultimate death toll among humans from mad-cow disease could be massively under-estimated, according to an innovative study conducted among a cannibal tribe in Papua New Guinea. [News Source]

Human mad cow epidemic may be underestimated (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) People could be infected with the human form of mad cow disease for more than 50 years without developing the illness, which means the size of a potential epidemic may be underestimated, UK scientists said on Friday. [News Source]

Netherlands has 2nd human ‘mad cow’ (UPI) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 22 (UPI) -- Medical experts report a second case of the human variation of mad cow disease in the Netherlands. [News Source]

Human ‘Mad Cow’ Could Cause Eventual Epidemic (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or vCJD, the human form of "mad cow disease," has a long incubation period and could cause an eventual epidemic, researchers report. [News Source]

Livestock Feed Sent To Kentucky Recalled Over Possible Mad Cow Violation (WLEX-TV Lexington) Washington (AP) -- Livestock feed ingredients shipped to nine states, including Kentucky, may have been contaminated with cattle remains in violation of a 1997 ban to protect against mad cow disease, a manufacturer said Tuesday. [News Source]

Netherlands reports second case of human mad cow disease (AFP via Yahoo! News) The Dutch health ministry reported a second case of a patient who suffers from the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]