Read more mad cow disease stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12545/mad-cow-disease.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/53496/eu-rules-starve-spanish-vultures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMadrid’s regional government hopes to relax EU laws that call for rotting livestock to be removed from fields—a precaution against mad cow disease—because the removal denies carrion-munching vultures a meal, the AP reports. “When a sheep or cow dies in the countryside,” said one ornithologist, “we have to...http://www.newser.com/story/53496/eu-rules-starve-spanish-vultures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 18:46:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50877/docs-alarmed-after-mad-cow-linked-to-plasma-transfusion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered the first case of mad cow caused by tainted blood plasma, the Telegraph reports. The elderly British man, who died from other causes, received blood transfusions years before doctors imposed restrictions to halt the spread of the fatal disease. Scientists had previously insisted the 4,000 people...http://www.newser.com/story/50877/docs-alarmed-after-mad-cow-linked-to-plasma-transfusion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Feb 2009 13:18:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34788/fda-rules-block-import-of-prized-danish-sperm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFDA rules banning European sperm imports are driving some would-be American mothers to desperation, the Washington Post reports. Sperm from Danish donors used to be a popular import. But regulations to safeguard the US from a human form of Mad Cow disease have shut down the supply and sperm banks...http://www.newser.com/story/34788/fda-rules-block-import-of-prized-danish-sperm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 Aug 2008 7:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29640/s-korean-cabinet-offers-to-resign-over-us-beef-imports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe entire South Korean government has offered to resign in the face of a popular protest triggered by the lifting of import restrictions on US beef. The Korean government withdrew a ban introduced to prevent mad cow disease, setting off demonstrations expected to bring a million people onto the streets...http://www.newser.com/story/29640/s-korean-cabinet-offers-to-resign-over-us-beef-imports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Jun 2008 6:08:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28039/usda-to-ban-downer-cattle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe USDA plans to ban all so-called "downer" cattle from the food supply to safeguard consumers from illnesses such as mad cow disease. Such animals are too weak or injured to walk, which can often be an indication of illness. Disturbing video of workers in a California slaughterhouse using electric...http://www.newser.com/story/28039/usda-to-ban-downer-cattle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 May 2008 2:49:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17855/us-scrutinizes-calif-meat-packer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Department of Agriculture is looking into a California meat distributor following the release of a video showing animal abuse at a Chino slaughterhouse, the Los Angeles Times reports. Westland Meat was immediately suspended from its contract to provide beef to federal school lunch programs because of its practice...http://www.newser.com/story/17855/us-scrutinizes-calif-meat-packer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jan 2008 14:54:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6931/top-10-incurable-diseases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors have successfully performed a face transplant, but the cure for the common cold still eludes them. LiveScience ponders the diseases that got away. AIDS Alzheimer's disease The common coldhttp://www.newser.com/story/6931/top-10-incurable-diseases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Sep 2007 10:21:19 CDT