Species barrier may protect macaques from chronic wasting disease (EurekAlert!) ( NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ) Data from an ongoing study suggest that people who consume deer and elk with chronic wasting disease may be protected from infection by an inability of the CWD infectious agent to spread to people. The study appears online in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. [News Source]

Species Barrier May Protect Macaques from Chronic Wasting Disease (National Institutes of Health) Data from an ongoing multi-year study suggest that people who consume deer and elk with chronic wasting disease (CWD) may be protected from infection by an inability of the CWD infectious agent to spread to people. [News Source]

JOSEPH CONNOLLY: Russian towards the steak house (The Ham&High Network) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was looming large in the doom-laden media, you might have thought twice about opening a restaurant dedicated to the glory of beef in Maddox Street. [News Source]

Trudi Pratt: Locally grown food becoming more popular (The Record Searchlight) Do you have your own "family rancher"? A lot of customers of Dan and Malinda Martin feel like they do. The Martins are trying to surf the trend toward eating more locally produced food, the benefits of which can include better health and a smaller carbon footprint. [News Source]

Cue & A with comedian J. Scott Homan (Peoria Journal Star) When J. Scott Homan isn't building a new deck, watching cable or selling his family heirlooms on eBay, you can see him on stage, hurdling through his talking points and firing off jokes in his strong Southern accent. [News Source]