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In the 1980s, concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy — or mad cow disease — took hold across Europe, when cases of the incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle began to appear.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
For decades, people who had lived in or traveled to the U.K. or other places hit by mad cow disease were banned from donating blood, for fear of passing on the disease.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Experts worry that the progressive, fatal illness could spill-over to humans in a fashion similar to mad cow disease.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 Jan. 2024
The exports were suspended in November after a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, was discovered by Irish veterinary officials.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2024
Some are patently self-explanatory: swine flu, bird flu, or mad cow disease.
—Angus Chen, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2014
In 2008, when the government lifted a 5-year-old ban on American beef imports, first imposed after the outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States, massive protests paralyzed downtown Seoul for weeks.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
Those people had previously been deferred from donating blood because of mad cow disease concerns.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2023
In the near future, mad cow disease mutates into mad human disease and causes everyone affected to turn into zombies.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 14 June 2023
Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
For decades, people who had lived in or traveled to the U.K. or other places hit by mad cow disease were banned from donating blood, for fear of passing on the disease.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Experts worry that the progressive, fatal illness could spill-over to humans in a fashion similar to mad cow disease.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 Jan. 2024
The exports were suspended in November after a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, was discovered by Irish veterinary officials.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2024
Some are patently self-explanatory: swine flu, bird flu, or mad cow disease.
—Angus Chen, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2014
In 2008, when the government lifted a 5-year-old ban on American beef imports, first imposed after the outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States, massive protests paralyzed downtown Seoul for weeks.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
Those people had previously been deferred from donating blood because of mad cow disease concerns.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2023
In the near future, mad cow disease mutates into mad human disease and causes everyone affected to turn into zombies.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 14 June 2023
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