LONDON 19 July (Science Analysed) The number of British cases of variant Creutzveld–Jakob Disease (vCJD) — the human form of mad cow disease — "now indicates a statistically significant rising trend ...

While scientists are still unsure if this specific strain can spread to a person, prion diseases in general can affect both humans and animals. Mad cow disease is an example of a prion that can ...

It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as 'mad cow disease', is not merely ... such as vCJD (although cause and effect has not been rigorously shown); these ...

It took a decade for the effect of BSE to show in humans ... It was then that the first human cases of Mad Cow Disease, known as vCJD, began to emerge. Stephen Churchill was the first to die ...

19-year-old UK resident Stephen Churchill became the first known case and later fatality of what eventually became called ...

Chronic wasting disease is an incurable illness in deer that causes neurological problems, much like mad cow disease. The DNR ...

The incurable disease was first detected in Louisiana in 2022. With no vaccine, Louisiana has worked with hunters to track ...

30 years on, scientists and activists are still searching for answers to two big questions - where did mad cow disease originally come from and how did humans get infected? This crazy tale of ...

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

In addition to oxen and cows, the disease affects buffalo ... In the late 1990s, there was an outbreak of mad cow disease in humans in Great Britain, which caused the country to suspend beef ...

A case of mad cow disease has been confirmed ... and the animal did not enter the human food chain. Further investigations to identify the origin of the disease are ongoing as is standard ...