Yellowstone National Park confirmed its first case of chronic wasting disease on Tuesday, the latest case of the relentless and fatal infection in the same family as mad cow disease that poses an ...

By Anjali Srivastava: Mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal brain disorder in cattle caused by abnormal proteins called prions. Its human form, variant ...

China and a number of other countries have suspended imports of Brazilian beef after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed last month, sparking concern for the country’s crucial livestock sector as ...

One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that appeared in animals in the 1980s and killed over 200 people during the ...

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 ...

Three people in Hood River County have contacted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease over the span of eight months, an unusual pattern for an incredibly rare disease. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes A ...

A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm tested positive for mad cow disease, the government of the Netherlands announced Wednesday, in a rare case of the cattle illness that can cause a fatal brain ...