The Washington Post

Second 'Mad Cow' Case Found In Japan

TOKYO, Nov. 21 -- Japanese officials announced today that a second cow was infected with "mad cow" disease, the brain-wasting illness that has devastated herds in Europe but had not been detected in ...
Lincoln Journal Star

Japan confirms mad cow disease case

TOKYO Japan confirmed its first human case of mad cow disease Friday following the death of a man who had symptoms of the fatal brain wasting illness. Health Ministry officials and experts from a ...
The Washington Post

Japan Says Man Died of Mad Cow Disease

A Feb. 5 article on mad cow disease in Japan incorrectly said that the clinical name of the illness in humans is bovine spongiform encephalopathy. That is the disease in cattle; the human illness is ...
Just-Food

JAPAN: Concerns over ‘new’ mad cow disease strain

Japan’s health ministry has said that an eighth case of mad cow disease has been discovered in the country and there are concerns that it may be a new strain of the disease. A 23-month old bullock was ...
Reuters

Japan to inspect stored U.S. beef for mad cow risk

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will inspect about 910 tons of U.S. beef that has been stored in Japanese warehouses for more than eight months because of worries about mad cow disease, and will allow it to ...