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Mad Cow Disease Detected In Alabama
KUNC - Tue Jul 18, 2017
US Department of Agriculture scientists confirmed Tuesday that an 11-year-old cow found in an Alabama livestock market suffered from the neurologic cattle disease, formally called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). More»

Fatal Disease on Rise in Humans, Deer in Wisconsin
Newser - Mon Jul 10, 2017
Chronic wasting disease seen more amid worries deer may pass it to humans. More»

Actress Barbara Tarbuck dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
IBT - Fri Jan 6, 2017
Actress Barbara Tarbuck, who starred in the award-winning TV series American Horror Story has died. More»

New Test Could Improve Diagnosis of Rare, Fatal Brain Disorder
Live Science - Fri Dec 16, 2016
A rare and fatal brain disorder called sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can be challenging to identify, with patients needing to undergo a number of tests before a diagnosis can be made. More»

Cow infected with mad cow disease dies on a Welsh farm in Britain's first case of the brain bug this year
Daily Mail - Wed Sep 30, 2015
A dead cow on a British farm was infected with mad cow disease, officials have revealed. More»

Pictured: First Ebola patient diagnosed on American soil
Daily Mail - Wed Oct 1, 2014
Texas governor Rick Perry reveals schoolchildren from FOUR different schools have been exposed and 18 Americans could be infected. More»

The Deadly Disease in Meat That Health Officials Are Ignoring
AlterNet - Tue Jun 24, 2014
When the first US mad cow was found in late 2003, 98 percent of US beef exports evaporated overnight. More»

Mad cow disease death confirmed in Texas
CNN - Thu Jun 5, 2014
Mad cow disease has caused a fourth death in the United States, health officials say. More»

NH patient likely died of rare brain disease
Associated Press - Wed Sep 4, 2013
CONCORD, New Hampshire - Public health officials believe one person in New Hampshire has died of a rare, degenerative brain disease, and say there's a remote chance up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed to the fatal illness through surgical equipment. More»

Mad cow UK study: About 30,000 Britons may carry dormant disease
Global Post - Fri May 3, 2013
Health experts say 30,000 Britons - double a prior estimate - likely carry a dormant form of mad cow disease, and that in a high-case scenario up to 1,000 people could die from it. More»

Pediatricians call to keep thimerosal in vaccines
Reuters - Mon Dec 17, 2012
A mercury-containing preservative rarely used in the United States should not be banned as an ingredient in vaccines, US pediatricians said Monday, in a move that may be controversial. More»

Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California Dairy Cow, USDA Says
Huffington Post - Tue Apr 24, 2012
The USDA has confirmed that a case of mad cow disease was found in a California dairy cow. More»

Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri
Associated Press - Fri Dec 23, 2011
COLUMBIA, Missouri - Wal-Mart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a rare infection. More»

Staph Bacteria on Nearly Half of US Meat Supply
CNN - Thu Apr 14, 2011
Almost half of the meat and poultry sold at US supermarkets and grocery stores contains a type of bacteria that is potentially harmful to humans, a new study estimates. More»

Company recalls ground beef due to possible E. coli contamination
CNN - Sat Feb 5, 2011
Washington - A California company has recalled more than 3,000 pounds of fresh ground beef patties and other packages of ground beef products that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria, the US Agriculture Department said Saturday. More»

Lettuce Recall due to E.Coli - FDA investigating
Associated Press - Thu May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON - A food company is recalling lettuce sold in 23 states and the District of Columbia because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 19 people, three of them with life-threatening symptoms. More»

Alert: 800-Thousand Doses Of H1N1 Vaccine Recalled
Associated Press - Mon Dec 14, 2009
ATLANTA - Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. More»

Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
Associated Press - Fri Oct 23, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected people. More»

Dangerous staph germs found at West Coast beaches
Associated Press - Fri Sep 11, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO - Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem. More»

UW Hospital Says It Wasn't Negligent After Treating CJD Patient
WISC-TV - Thu Jul 23, 2009
MADISON, Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin Hospital officials denied on Friday the hospital was negligent in any way regarding the possible transmission of a rare and fatal neurological disease to 53 people. More»

Nestle recalls Toll House cookie dough products
Associated Press - Thu Jun 18, 2009
NEW YORK - Federal authorities are investigating a new outbreak of bacteria-triggered illness related to a sweet treat treasured by the heartbroken and children-at-heart - packaged raw cookie dough. More»

Obama: Schools with infections may need to close
Associated Press - Tue Apr 28, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that school closings may be necessary, in an escalating global health emergency that claimed the first death in the United States and swept Germany onto the roster of afflicted nations. More»

Officials say US deaths expected from swine flu
Associated Press - Mon Apr 27, 2009
NEW YORK - The global swine flu outbreak worsened Tuesday as authorities said hundreds of students at a New York school have fallen ill and federal officials said they expected to see U. More»

Swine Flu: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Outbreak
Time - Sun Apr 26, 2009
Concern that the world could be on the brink of the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years escalated Sunday as France, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Spain reported potential new cases in which people had been infected with swine flu and Canada confirmed several new cases. More»

WHO Warns of Possible Pandemic as Mexico Seeks to Contain Swine Flu
HealthDay - Fri Apr 24, 2009
Mexican authorities continued to take dramatic steps Saturday to try to contain the swine flu outbreak that has killed as many as 68 people, and sickened more than 1,000 others. More»

Mad cow disease suspected in Spanish doctor's death
CNN - Sat Mar 28, 2009
A Spanish pathologist who specialized in a human strain of mad cow disease died Saturday, and officials suspect the disease played a role in his death, officials said. More»

Government bans 'downer' cows from food supply
Associated Press - Sat Mar 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that mad cow disease could enter the food supply. More»

FBI raids Ga. plant at center of salmonella scare
Associated Press - Mon Feb 9, 2009
WASHINGTON - Federal agents on Monday raided a Georgia peanut processing plant linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak that has prompted one of the largest product recalls in US history. More»

FDA: Georgia plant knowingly sold salmonella-laced food
Associated Press - Fri Feb 6, 2009
WASHINGTON - As far back as 2007, salmonella-laced products were shipped by a Georgia peanut company that knew the peanuts probably were tainted and sometimes after tests confirmed that contamination, inspection records show. More»

Some Little Debbie products join snack food recall
Associated Press - Sat Jan 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - The company that sells Little Debbie snacks announced a recall Sunday of peanut butter crackers because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak. More»

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