U.K. May See Future Outbreaks of Mad Cow Disease, Study Finds (Bloomberg) Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. may see future outbreaks of mad cow disease as new findings suggest some people develop symptoms much later than others, a study found. [News Source]

U.K. May See Future Outbreaks of Mad Cow Disease, Study Finds (Bloomberg) Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. may see future outbreaks of mad cow disease as new findings suggest some people develop symptoms much later than others, a study found. [News Source]

‘Second wave’ of mad cow disease could hit Britain scientists warn (Daily Telegraph) A "second wave" of the incurable human form of mad cow disease could hit Britain causing greater numbers of deaths a new study has warned. [News Source]

Contaminated Irish pork recall: UK consumers ‘not at significant risk’. Consumers are not at "significant risk" from Irish pork after products were recalled over fears of contamination with a toxic substance, the UK's Food Standards Agency has said. [News Source]

Where’s the bacon? All Irish pork products have been recalled amid fears they have been contaminated with harmful dioxins. [News Source]

Measles and MMR make their encore. Perhaps--if the subject ever achieves respectability--media-studies undergraduates will pore over the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine scare in 21st-century Britain. [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses its own health dangers (Baltimore Sun) Rotting cows could pollute in unintended places [News Source]

New mad-cow rule poses its own health dangers (Baltimore Sun) A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. [News Source]

Deer-smuggling case raises questions about hunting industry (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Interstate trafficking threatens herds with bovine tuberculosis and chronic wasting disease. [News Source]