Beef giant Brazil halts China exports after confirming two mad cow disease cases
The suspension is a major blow for Brazilian farmers: China and Hong Kong buy more than half of Brazil's beef exports.
Sun Sep 05 2021
A history of eating human brains protected Papua New Guinea tribe from brain disease
After years of eating brains, some have developed a genetic resistance to the molecule that causes several fatal brain diseases, including kuru, mad cow disease and some cases of dementia.
Sat Jun 13 2015
S. Korea halts Brazil beef imports over mad cow
South Korea has suspended its imports of Brazilian beef, becoming the sixth country to do so over a two-year-old case of mad cow disease.
Tue Dec 18 2012