U.S. resumes work on Canada mad-cow trade rule (Reuters via Yahoo! News) After a four-month pause to re-examine Canada's safeguards against mad cow disease, the United States may open the door to imports of older cattle and beef from its northern neighbor, U.S. and Canadian officials said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Mad Cow Risk Low For Hemophilia Patients (CBS 4 Miami) Patients with hemophilia and other blood-clotting disorders face an uncertain though probably very low risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disease from medicines made using donated plasma, health officials said Monday. CBS News: Mad Cow [News Source]

Mad Cow Risk Low For Hemophilia Patients (CBS 3 Philadelphia) Patients with hemophilia and other blood-clotting disorders face an uncertain though probably very low risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disease from medicines made using donated plasma, health officials said Monday. CBS News: Mad Cow [News Source]

Mad Cow Risk Low For Hemophilia Patients (KDKA Pittsburgh) Patients with hemophilia and other blood-clotting disorders face an uncertain though probably very low risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disease from medicines made using donated plasma, health officials said Monday. CBS News: Mad Cow [News Source]

U.S. tries again to increase cattle imports (Provo Daily Herald) WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department is trying again to increase cattle and beef imports from Canada, reviving a plan that had stalled amid evidence that Canada's safeguards against mad cow disease were not working. The plan was on hold while authorities weighed the risk of importing older Canadian cattle, which carry a higher risk of having mad cow disease than younger animals. [News Source]

More Canadian beef sought (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department is trying again to increase cattle and beef imports from Canada, reviving a plan that had stalled amid evidence that Canada's safeguards against mad cow disease were not working. [News Source]