Sir Kenneth Calman, who has died aged 83, was appointed Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Scotland in 1989 before serving as ...

The Australian market for Canadian beef has reopened after that country lifted a 22-year-old ban on Canada’s beef products, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Australia lifted a ...

Mad cow disease is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. The first U.S. case of BSE appeared in December 2003 and involved a Canadian-born cow in Washington state.

A case of mad cow disease was detected in the United Kingdom for the first time in two years. Chief Veterinary Officer Sheila Voas said the isolated case presents minimal risk.

Clemson University announced that a cow recently tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease after it arrived at a South Carolina beef processing plant.

U.S. agriculture secretary credits Trump as Australia announces easing of restrictions on U.S. beef imports. But will Aussie ...

The disease, commonly called mad cow disease, was found after a 22-year-old cow was euthanised due to signs of illness not related to BSE, Paris-based WOAH said, citing information from the ...

Tests on the 8-year-old cow from a farm in South Holland province established that the dead animal had a naturally occurring form of the disease called atypical BSE, the government said later ...

Some articles leaned more heavily toward either anxiety or insouciance. The most forceful example of the former was a column by Mother Jones ’s Tom Philpott, which ran under the headline, “Why You ...

The disease comes from ingesting meat infected with BSE, which is often called mad cow disease. Brown says the woman must have contracted it after eating meat as a young girl in Britain. (4:00 ...

January 2, 2005 - Canadian health authorities confirm that test results have identified a 10-year-old dairy cow in Alberta as having mad cow disease. This is Canada's second case of BSE in two years.

Meat from a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease may have been more widely distributed than initially believed, reaching retail markets in eight states and Guam, federal officials said ...