Sam: As a young kid I became pretty fascinated by the things that could kill me, particularly infectious diseases. Don’t ask me why, I just was. And the first one I remember becoming obsessed with was ...
Finding so-called prions in skin samples may lead to early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. But the discovery also hints at possible risks from surgery. By Denise Grady Ireland has met American ...
It has been almost 20 years since Sergio Madrigal and his wife, Rosa, had nearly 450 calves outside of Sunnyside. They all had to be killed. The U.S. Department of Agriculture took them away for ...
The government is taking steps to reduce the already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood vaccines and other medications. Pharmaceuticals regulated by the agency, ...