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Mad Cow Disease: Humans Are Safe, But Is Economy In Danger?

Mad cow disease has emerged once again in the United States, for the first time in six years. The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy infection was confirmed on Tuesday. Health concerns were allayed by the USDA, but economic concerns are taking their place.

Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California: What It Does To The Human Brain And Symptoms

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A case of Mad Cow disease found in California is the first case since 2006 in the U.S. The dairy cow is the fourth cow ever to be discovered in U.S and was found during a surveillance program by Agriculture Department on Tuesday. It tests about 40000 cows every year for the infection. The recent case of Mad Cow disease or the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was found in the carcass of a cow at a Baker Commodities Inc. rendering facility in Hanford, California, according to Executive Vice ...
Dolphin carcasses are displayed by conservationists and environmental police officers at San Jose beach, 40kms north of Chiclayo

Mass Dolphin Death Mystery In Peru, Authorities Blame It On Viral Infection

Investigations are on to the death of hundreds of Dolphins that have washed up on the northern coast of Peru. Around 877 carcasses of Dolphins and porpoises were found in the Peruvian beaches in two and half months and the Peruvian officials and environmentalists are trying to unravel the mystery behind the phenomenon.
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Ants Lick Each Other To Fight Disease

If a friend had a fungal infection on his face, your first instinct would probably not be to lick it off of him. But for Lasius neglectus, the garden ant, swabbing fungus off a nestmate with one's tongue is actually a good strategy to keep from getting sick, and scientists are calling it social vaccination.
HIV 'Superinfection' Boosts Immune Response

HIV 'Superinfection' Boosts Immune Response

Women infected with two separate human immunodeficiency virus strains have a stronger immune response than women infected with a single HIV strain, a finding that could assist in producing the elusive anti-HIV vaccine, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
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What Is Viralism? An Inquiry Into Culture's Battle For Digital Space

As the digital age reaches the dormant stage of social adaptation, having left its mark on the daily process of culture at large, can we add viralism or another digitally referential marker to our collective art discourse? Moreover, is viral a relevant -- let alone acceptable -- aesthetic stance?
Former US Vice President Cheney speaks about national security at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington

Cheney Too Old For A New Heart? Not So, Say Docs

When the news broke this week that 71-year-old Dick Cheney received a heart transplant, some readers may have wondered if the former US Vice President was a bit too old for the procedure. But when it comes to transplants, age isn't necessarily a discriminating factor, experts say.
New Study Explores Virus to Fight Drug-Resistant Superbugs

New Study Explores Virus To Fight Superbugs

The Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference currently being held in Dublin between 26-29 March proposed the use of viruses called bacteriophages to wipe out bacterial strains that are resistant to the current crop of antibiotics. In a proactive stance, the FDA has been warned legally to to act on its long-drawn 35-year-old ruling that restricts the use of popular antibiotics in farms food.

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