U.S. beef imports tops list of consumer news stories in 2010. Food safety became a major concern among Taiwan consumers because it was discovered that a rare case of death from suspected human mad-cow disease had been kept under wraps. [News Source]

Farmer attacked by mad cow A farmer attacked by a cow is in hospital with seven cracked ribs and a punctured lung. [News Source]

Auditions: ‘La Boheme’ from Mad Cow Theatre-Orlando Philharmonic Here’s an opera audition notice for “La Boheme” from the Orlando Philharmonic: Auditions for La Boheme with the Orlando Philharmonic MAD COW THEATRE is holding auditions for LA BOHEME by Giacomo Puccini. Seeking a company of classical singer-actors, of all ages, for selected principal, ensemble and young people’s chorus roles. Performances are Friday, [...] [News Source]

NY stalls on hydrofracking. At public hearing in Binghamton, NY recently, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got an earful about hydrofracking. [News Source]

Mad cow in Mabton ranks as 2003’s top story Editor's note: The Herald is looking back as the first decade of the millennium wraps up. This [News Source]

Discovery That Prions Mutate And Adapt To Host Environment Points To Normal Prion Protein As Most Effective … Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that prions, bits of infectious protein that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease," have the ability to adapt to survive in a new host environment. In this regard, although they lack DNA and RNA, they behave much like viruses, producing distinct ... [News Source]

1st case of probable mad cow disease listed posthumously in Taiwan. The first probable human case of mad cow disease in Taiwan was listed posthumously Saturday, following the death in May of a man who had symptoms of the fatal brain-wasting illness. [News Source]

Scripps Research Scientists Show Prions Mutate And Adapt To Host Environment Findings Point to Normal Prion Protein as Most Effective Therapeutic Target for "Mad Cow" and Related Diseases Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that prions, bits of infectious protein that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease," have the ability to adapt to survive in a new host ... [News Source]

NC Agency Wins Grant To Prevent Mad Cow Disease The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will awarded the money over a five-year period. [News Source]

Mad Cow Theatre announces cast for ‘Virginia Woolf’ Mad Cow Theatre has stocked its cast for the upcoming “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” with Florida favorites. Stephan Jones and Peg O’Keef will play George and Martha, an aging history professor and his razor-tongued wife, in the Edward Albee drama. Timothy Williams and Heather Leonardi will co-star Nick and Honey, a young couple who share [...] [News Source]