Mad cow disease found in Russia near the EU border (AFP via Yahoo! News) A case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease has been discovered in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad between Poland and Lithuania, the Federal Control Service for Consumer Rights said. [News Source]

Two vaccines show promise against prion disease (New Scientist via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) The treatments combated infectious prions in mice in different ways, raising hopes of a cure for the deadly human version of "mad cow disease" [News Source]

Two vaccines show promise against prion disease. Vaccines have treated infectious prions in mice, raising hopes of a cure for deadly mad cow disease in humans. [News Source]

Local company sued over mad-cow. A farmer has asked a court for permission to launch a class action suit against the Canadian government and an Australian-owned feed producer, saying their negligence sparked a recent mad cow crisis in Canada. [News Source]

Farmer files mad-cow lawsuit. Ottawa and a multinational feed company knew how to prevent the spread of mad-cow disease a decade before BSE showed up in Canadian cattle, but did nothing, a Quebec farmer who is trying to initiate a class-action lawsuit against both says. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]

Mad cow case reported in Russia’s Baltic exclave (Russian Information Agency Novosti) KALININGRAD, October 17 (RIA Novosti) - A case of mad cow disease has been registered in a village in Russia's exclave on the Baltic Sea, the Kaliningrad regional branch of the country's consumer rights watchdog said Tuesday. [News Source]

Get your flu shot (Sierra Vista Herald) There seems to be a new disease to fear almost every day. Salmonella, mad cow, E. coli, West Nile and avian bird flu have all been in the news in recent months. [News Source]

Two vaccines show promise against prion disease (New Scientist) The treatments combated infectious prions in mice in different ways, raising hopes of a cure for deadly "mad cow disease" in humans [News Source]

Canadian farmer launches mad cow class action lawsuit (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A Quebec farmer asked a court for permission to launch a class action suit against the Canadian Government and an Australian feed producer, saying their negligence sparked a recent mad cow crisis in Canada. [News Source]