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• Mad cow disease could be dormant
  ...People could be infected with the human form of mad cow disease for more than 50 years without developing the illness, which means the size of a potential epidemic may be underestimated, UK scientists said on Friday....
  MSNBC - Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:56 EST
  
• Mad cow disease found in Alabama
  ...Read full story for latest details....
  CNN - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:28 EST
  
• Mad Cow Disease: Know the Basics
  ...Mad cow disease has hit the U.S. and questions about this mysterious disease abound. Here''s what you need to know about mad cow disease....
  WebMD - Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:33 EST
  
• Mad Cow in Ala. Underlines Tracking Need
  ...Alabama''s Case of Mad Cow Highlights Need for Livestock Tracking System...
  ABC News - Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:14 EST
  
• Mad Cow Protein Might Be Necessary For Healthy Brain Function As It Aids Creation Of Brain Cells
  ...Few conditions are more detrimental to human brains than the one popularly referred to as mad cow disease. But now there''s reason to suspect that the protein which, when malformed, causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cows and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in people, might also be necessary for healthy brain function... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:00 EST
  
• Mad Cow Sample Is Hand-Carried to England
  ...Tissue Being Hand-Carried to England for Mad Cow Tests...
  ABC News - Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:06 EST
  
• Mad cow tests may take two weeks
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  CNN - Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:30 EST
  
• Mad cow-resistant cattle developed
  ...NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - By genetically removing a particular protein, scientists have developed cattle that seem to be resistant to mad cow disease, according to a report in the journal Nature Biotechnology....
  Reuters - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:58 EST
  
• Mad Cow: Are We Still Unprepared?
  ...Another case of the disease surfaces, and so do concerns about the lack of a system to track infected cattle...
  Time Magazine - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:00 EST
  
• Mad Cow: Symptoms Emerge Decades Later
  ...Symptoms of mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE) may emerge more than 50 years after infection in humans, according to a new study....
  WebMD - Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:59 EST
  
• Mad-cow disease confirmed in Canada
  ...The Canadian government said Sunday that it has confirmed a case of mad-cow disease in a cow in British Columbia....
  CNN - Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:56 EST
  
• Mad-cow firewall has gaps, US consumer groups say
  ... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the main safeguards against mad cow disease, a ban on using cattle parts in cattle feed, is ineffective or is not enforced strictly, two U.S. consumer groups said on Monday in light of a new case of the fatal bovine ailment in Canada....
  Reuters - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:37 EST
  
• Mad-Cow Related Ban to Be Tightened
  ...FDA Chief Says Feed Regulations to Mirror Those in Canada As Defense Against Mad Cow Disease...
  ABC News - Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:27 EST
  
• Mad-Cow Related Ban to Be Tightened
  ...FDA Chief Says Feed Regulations to Mirror Those in Canada As Defense Against Mad Cow Disease...
  ABC News - Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:35 EST
  
• Mad-Cow Related Ban to Be Tightened
  ...FDA Chief Says Feed Regulations to Mirror Those in Canada As Defense Against Mad Cow Disease...
  ABC News - Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:40 EST
  
• Madagascar hit by mosquito virus
  ...Madagascar records the first cases of a disease causing havoc on nearby Reunion Island....
  BBC - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:06 EST
  
• Madhya Pradesh gets tough on sex determination tests
  ...Bhopal, Feb 8 Faced with a declining sex ratio, the Madhya Pradesh government has directed that cases against sonography centres - misused by people who want sons - can now be directly registered in courts....
  The Earth Times - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:58 EST
  
• Madhya Pradesh has India's most malnourished kids
  ...Barwani (Madhya Pradesh), Jan 16 If you ask about her child, Sita Devi's eyes well up with tears. A few months ago, her eight-month-old kid died in her arms. Although she managed to take her daughter from her impoverished Sagmal village to the Barwani District Hospital, it was too late....
  The Earth Times - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:46 EST
  
• Madhya Pradesh to provide better food to 'anganwadis'
  ...Bhopal, Jan 25 The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to implement a new nutrition programme for children, pregnant women and nursing mothers through several 'anganwadis' (mother and child care centres)....
  The Earth Times - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:32 EST
  
• Madness of King George III due to arsenic poisoning
  ...A study revealing high concentrations of arsenic in a sample of King George III''s hair is published in this week''s issue of THE LANCET... click link for more info....
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:00 EST