New bug deadlier than MRSA. A drug resistant superbug sweeping Britain is killing more people than MRSA. [News Source]

Britain may ‘never be rid of vCJD threat’ without screening. The human form of mad cow disease - may never disappear from the UK due to the risks from blood transfusions and surgical equipment, a leading expert in the disease has warned. [News Source]

Warning on vCJD blood screening. An expert in the human form of "mad cow disease", variant CJD, has warned it could become endemic in the UK unless blood screening is developed quickly. [News Source]

Canadian border could open to mad cows. Farm and ranch groups are battling the USDA over beef shipments from Canada. Again, it's about mad cow disease, a mysterious disease carried by livestock for which there is no known cure. [News Source]

vCJD ‘could be endemic in UK’ (Channel 4) The human form of mad cow disease could become endemic throughout the UK, a leading scientist has warned. Thousands could be infected with variant CJD without showing symptoms, and blood transfusions and surgical equipment used on them could lead to the spread of the disease. [News Source]

vCJD ‘could be endemic in the UK’ (Daily Mail) The human form of mad cow disease could become endemic throughout the UK, a leading scientist warned today. Thousands could be infected with variant CJD without symptoms and blood transfusions from them could spread the disease [News Source]

vCJD ‘could become endemic in UK’ (Daily Telegraph) The human form of mad cow disease could become endemic throughout the UK, a leading scientist has warned. [News Source]

Warning on vCJD blood screening (BBC News) An expert warns vCJD could become endemic unless blood screening is introduced. [News Source]

Warning on vCJD blood screening (BBC News) An expert warns vCJD could become endemic in the UK unless blood screening is introduced. [News Source]