Dear Doctor Roach: Have you ever discussed prion disease in your column? It afflicts one in 1 million people, swiftly kills ...

Recent research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by misfolded proteins—a discovery that sheds new light on the devastating outbreak in the ...

Mad Cow Disease and vCJD: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention: By Anjali Srivastava Mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal brain disorder in cattle caused by ...

Despite the panic that sent shockwaves through meat markets as far away as South Korea, the latest finding of mad cow disease announced Tuesday does not appear to pose a risk to the public. It is, ...

A cow at a South Carolina beef processing facility tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease. It is the seventh case of mad cow disease ever ...

The incurable “mad cow disease” is called variant CJD (vCJD) and is caused by eating meat from a cow with a very similar ...

Finding so-called prions in skin samples may lead to early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. But the discovery also hints at possible risks from surgery. By Denise Grady Canada, a major exporter ...

Here's a look at Mad Cow Disease, a fatal brain disease found in cattle. Facts: It has been linked to a fatal brain disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Other WRAL Top ...