Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Originally By Steve LeBlanc, Associated PressPublic health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease. Dr.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
In the headline for a July 20 story about a patient with a degenerative brain illness, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the patient was being tested for mad cow disease. The patient was tested for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has a variant attributed to mad cow disease, as explained in the story.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
In the headline for a July 20 story about a patient with a degenerative brain illness, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the patient was being tested for mad cow disease. The patient was tested for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has a variant attributed to mad cow disease, as explained in the story.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Canada has reported 13 cases of mad cow Despite persistent fears of mad cow disease in Canadian beef, the Department of Agriculture has failed to properly track hundreds of Canadian cattle coming into the U.S., the USDA inspector general has concluded. The Tribune's Stephen Hedges reports.
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | yesterday
YouTube - Red State Update: Foreigners Love Obama Europe's got all kind of diseases, mad cow disease, bird flu, being French.. Bwhahahahahahah :lmao: Obama's over there in the Middle East meeting all of our troops in Iraq. Shaking the hands in the mess halls. Ya, he said he wanted to meet all...
The Cutting Edge (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is the name for the human version of Mad Cow disease, caused by a troublesome improperly folded prion. Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE) can cause humans to become diseased, but that is very uncommon. These 'spongy-brain' diseases are caused by prions, which are essentially nothing more than strands of mis-folded proteins that, during normal
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
What is going on here? From the Boston Globe : Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease . Dr. Alfred DeMaria...( read more )
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
AP - Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease. Read the full story
Rock The Truth (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
And the MSM and government are keeping it as quiet as they can. The selective agenda-pushing and "reporting" never ends. " Cape Cod patient tested for variant of mad cow disease Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has an ailment similar to mad cow disease. Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the state's director of communicable disease control, confirmed...
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
AP - Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease. Read the full story
USA Today (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Public health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad ...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
On the inside. Europe Manages Risk: USA Pretends It Doesn't Exist. There's a pattern here. European Union nations phase out the more hazardous of the pthalate plasticizers: USA lobbies against it and resists it in the US. Europe tests animals for Mad Cow disease: USA makes it illegal to test them. Europe takes climate action: USA resists. There are plenty more where these come from. You get the idea:...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
A treatment that prolongs survival in mice with prion disease has been found in research led by Dr Giovanna Mallucci at the Medical Research Council Prion Unit at UCL (University College London). Examples of prion diseases include vCJD and kuru in humans and BSE in cows. The results are published in PNAS.
RoguePundit (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Ridley Canada, one of the largest feed manufacturer in North America, is being sued over its possible role in spreading mad cow disease in Canada (previous blog here). Within an article that provides the latest on that subject was the...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Canada's top court has cleared the way for a multibillion-dollar class action lawsuit by cattle ranchers who say negligent regulatory practices by the federal government made them lose huge sums of money during the 2003 mad cow disease scare.
