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Mother-of-four, Sandi Kennedy, dies from ultra-rare human version of Mad Cow Disease

Sandi Kennedy, of Kennebunk, Maine, first became ill in November. Her health deteriorated rapidly and doctors struggled to find what was wrong with her.
MailOnline 5 days ago

The welfare dependents the government loves? Rich landowners | George Monbiot

Uncapped, almost unconditional, the vast sums of public money we give to farmers buy only destruction Just as mad cow disease exposed us to horrors – feeding cattle on the carcasses of infected..
guardian.co.uk 1 week ago

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	Call For Test To Detect CJD MPS have launched an inquiry to check the safety of donor blood after hearing new evidence on the human form of mad cow disease. Christine Lord’s son Andrew died from the disease which causes.. Source: Sky News - on January 5, 2014
	Mad Cow anniversary Yakima Herald-Republic assistant city editor Lean Beth Ward and reporter Ross Courtney discuss mad cow disease past and present on the 10 year anniversary of the first case discovered in the US. Source: Yakima Herald-Republic - on December 21, 2013
	30K in U.K. Could Carry Human Form of Mad Cow Disease According to new research, tens of thousands of people in the U.K. could be silent carriers of the human form of mad cow disease. Source: Newsy - on October 16, 2013

North Carolina hospital 'exposes patients to human form of 'mad cow' disease'

The patients were operated on at the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem with tools that had been used on a man suspected of having CJD.
MailOnline on February 11, 2014

North Carolina hospital 'exposes patients to human form of 'mad cow' disease'

The patients were operated on at the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem with tools that had been used on a man suspected of having CJD.
MailOnline on February 11, 2014

18 North Carolina patients may have been exposed to rare brain disease

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eighteen neurological patients in North Carolina may have been exposed to an incurable and fatal disorder similar to "mad cow" disease while undergoing surgery..
Reuters on February 11, 2014

Why do we have such a problem with being alone?

Personal freedom has never been more celebrated, yet we are terrified of being alone, and regard those who choose to be so with suspicion. Sara Maitland on the joy of solitude I live alone. I have..
guardian.co.uk on January 11, 2014

Which state secrets will be revealed next?

From the Brixton riots to Lockerbie, classified details of intriguing events in recent history are being revealed sooner than expected This week's revelations about Margaret Thatcher's meetings and..
guardian.co.uk on January 5, 2014

CJD: Mother Calls For Widespread Test

A mother whose son died from the human form of mad cow disease is appealing for help in developing a widely used test for it.
Sky News on January 5, 2014

NEW: Five-star food hygiene rated eateries in Swansea - R-Z - from the Food Standards Agency website

This is South Wales -- WE'VE brought you the zeros and the ones, now it's time to talk up the 5-star food hygiene rated eateries in south west Wales - according to the Food Standards Agency today -..
This is on December 18, 2013

Israeli president condemns rejection of Ethiopian-born MP as blood donor

Parliamentary session is called after 'special' blood of Ethiopian-born MP is rejected by emergency services Israel's president, Shimon Peres, has criticised the refusal of the country's emergency..
guardian.co.uk on December 12, 2013