A new blood test can diagnose cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare, fatal brain disease caused by proteins known as prions, according to U.K. researchers. Prions also cause mad cow ...

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Health Ministry reported on Friday a "likely" case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of mad cow disease. Since national records were established in 1993, Italy ...

A cow at a beef processing facility in South Carolina has tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or “mad cow disease,” according to The State. The cow, which was around 5 years ...

A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm tested positive for mad cow disease, the government of the Netherlands announced Wednesday, in a rare case of the cattle illness that can cause a fatal brain ...

ATLANTA, March 27 -- The number of British cases of the rare and fatal human equivalent of "mad cow disease" is doubling every three years, even though measures to protect meat, the presumed source of ...

The infected cow was on a Dutch farm, and authorities say it didn't enter the food chain. Other animals are now being tested. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes A case of bovine spongiform ...

A cow at a South Carolina beef processing facility recently tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly referred to as mad cow disease. It is the seventh case of mad cow ...

U.S. Army veteran Matt Schermerhorn couldn’t give blood for years because he was stationed in Europe during a deadly mad cow disease scare there. Now, he’s proud to be back in the donor’s chair.

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said that two cases reported on Thursday of a neurodegenerative disorder in patients in Rio de Janeiro state were not related ...

Q: What exactly is mad cow disease? A: That's the popular name for what scientists call bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. It is an incurable disease that creates holes in brain tissue, making ...