Latest Mad Cow Disease News

‘My son caught human form of mad cow disease from his baby food’ (The Scotsman)
Friday December 18th 2009, 8:26 pm

A VICTIM of a strain of CJD may have caught the disease from eating infected baby food decades ago, his father said yesterday. [News Source]

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Friday December 18th 2009, 7:59 pm

President Lee Myung-bak has seen his approval rating move in a "U" shape in his first two years in office, but has bolstered his political base in his second year, according to experts. [News Source]

Email Newsletters (Dairy Herd)
Friday December 18th 2009, 12:01 pm

When Americans were asked which were the most memorable food stories of 2009, food health and safety stories topped the list. [News Source]

Leelee Sobieski welcomes first child (Channel 8 San Diego)
Friday December 18th 2009, 11:48 am

Leelee Sobieski has given birth to a baby girl in New York, TVGuide.com has confirmed. [News Source]

School lunches follow USDAâregs (Williston Herald)
Friday December 18th 2009, 11:20 am

Reducing fat content while still providing five combined servings of meat, vegetables or fruit, grains and milk remains the focus of school lunches across North Dakota and nationally. [News Source]

CJD victim ‘had different gene.’
Friday December 18th 2009, 9:00 am

A 30-year-old man thought to have died in January from vCJD belonged to a genetic group that had not shown any signs of the disease, scientists say. This is the first indication that a second wave of vCJD cases could be emerging. [News Source]

More people could have vCJD than previously thought.
Friday December 18th 2009, 9:00 am

More people may be incubating variant CJD, the human version of so-called "mad cow disease", than was previously thought, according to scientists who today report an unusual case of the disease. [News Source]

More people could have vCJD than previously thought.
Friday December 18th 2009, 9:00 am

More people may be incubating variant CJD, the human version of so-called "mad cow disease", than was previously thought, according to scientists who today report an unusual case of the disease. [News Source]

CJD victim ‘had different gene.’
Friday December 18th 2009, 9:00 am

A 30-year-old man thought to have died in January from vCJD belonged to a genetic group that had not shown any signs of the disease, scientists say. This is the first indication that a second wave of vCJD cases could be emerging. [News Source]

Some CJD cases ‘may take decades to incubate’ (Yorkshire Post)
Friday December 18th 2009, 6:05 am

An unusual case of variant CJD, the human form of "mad cow disease", has resurrected fears that some people might still be infected and yet to develop symptoms. [News Source]