Froedtert warns of brain illness risk (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Froedtert Hospital is alerting about 100 people who had surgery this week that a patient who had an operation late Monday might have a rare, fatal brain disease that could have been spread through surgical instruments to other patients, hospita... [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]