She had just graduated from college when the frightening symptoms started to surface. The vivacious, easygoing 22-year-old suddenly became inexplicably irritable and short-tempered. Then her memory ...

March 7 -- In the end they found only one sick cow — only one out of 36 million slaughtered last year. But to many people, even that single case was scary news. It dominated the headlines when the ...

Two people in Oregon have died from a rare, progressive brain disorder similar to "mad cow disease" that leads to dementia and is %100 fatal. The Hood River County Health Department confirmed the ...

Three cases of a rare and fatal brain disorder have been identified in Hood River County, Oregon, local health officials have confirmed. The disease is related to mad cow disease and can lead to ...

TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese officials say they have found the country's first known case of mad cow disease. Japan's agriculture ministry said on Monday a cow has tested positive for mad cow disease in ...

Q: There has been much discussion in the media about "mad cow disease" now that it has arrived in the United States. However, I have heard no expression of concern about the possible contamination of ...

WASHINGTON — The government is investigating another possible case of mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said today. Testing indicated the presence of the disease in a cow that died on the ...

N E W   Y O R K, Jan. 30 -- A chewy candy yanked from shelves in Poland because of fears that a main ingredient could have come from cattle infected with mad cow disease is on sale in New York ...