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 ...
Billings Gazette

Japan confirms first case of human mad cow disease

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 ...
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 ...