Expert wants coroners to test for mad cow (redOrbit) A British expert on the human form of mad cow disease says it is essential that coroners test the brains and spleens of all young people who die. Professor John Collinge says without post-mortem tests for the infection it is impossible to get accurate information on how many people in Britain may be carrying it, The Times of London reported Wednesday. [News Source]

Expert wants coroners to test for mad cow (UPI) LONDON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A British expert on the human form of mad cow disease says it is essential that coroners test the brains and spleens of all young people who die. [News Source]

Health care debate creates new diseases (The Mesquite News) URGENT New Flash… Breaking News…The Center for Disease Control has identified a new strain of the Mad Cow Disease called Insane Donkey Virus running rampant among elected officials, Obama Administration personnel and high profile personalities. [News Source]

UK to start mad cow study (Straits Times) LONDON - BRITISH health officials say they will start a small study later this year to find out how common mad cow disease is. Health experts have long recommended coroners take samples from dead people to test for the potentially fatal neurological illness. [News Source]

Coroners block tests to monitor vCJD spread (Times Online) Coroners are refusing to carry out post-mortem tests for an infection that causes the human form of mad cow disease, despite pleas that they could help to monitor the disease. [News Source]

Britain to study commonality of mad cow disease (CTV.ca) British health officials say they will start a small study later this year to find out how common mad cow disease is. It was first identified in Britain, which has the world's highest tally at 164 deaths. [News Source]

Coroners ’should test for CJD to monitor spread of mad cow disease in humans’ (Daily Mail) Professor John Collinge, a leading expert on variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) warned that many people could be 'silently infected' with the potentially fatal condition. [News Source]

Britain to start mad cow study to find out how many people are silently carrying the disease (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) LONDON - British health officials say they will start a small study later this year to find out how common mad cow disease is. [News Source]