More Deaths From Mad Cow Disease Predicted (RedNova) By Donald G. McNeil Jr. 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, according to a study released Friday. [News Source]

Human ‘Mad Cow’ Could Cause Eventual Epidemic (WKYT 27 NEWSFIRST & WYMT Mountain News) FRIDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of "mad cow disease," has an incubation period of half a century, and could cause an eventual epidemic, British researchers report. [News Source]