Patient diagnosed with rare disease (Johnson City Press) A recent patient at Johnson City Medical Center was diagnosed with a rare disease similar to mad cow disease, according to hospital officials. “I can say that we do not and have not had a patient that has had mad cow disease,” said Dan Snider, an intensivist with the hospital. [News Source]

Attention Must be Paid: Benefit for Baratelli (Orlando Sentinel) [News Source]

Research proves health gurus wrong on meat, milk and other dairy products (Strathmore Standard) Local cattle producers still recovering from the crisis caused by the mad cow disease will be pleased to know that their dairy and meat products are now also being freed from the negative image they have been given by health gurus. [News Source]

Humane Society of US again scaring people away from good diets? (AG Weekly) The Humane Society of the U.S. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British ‘mad cow” disease. [News Source]

Taiwan Department of Health blocks U.S. pork that contain banned feed additives. The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday said it had blocked imports of over 24 metric tons of U.S. pork found to contain a feed additive that is currently banned locally. [News Source]

Cow eating pigs spark scare (News Interactive) T-BONES, meat pies and bacon rolls have allegedly been fed to pigs in a major beef growing region, sparking fears of foot and mouth, and mad cow disease. [News Source]