Live Breaking News & Updates on Fatal Brain Disease

breaking public health scare. a confirmed case of mad cow disease in california has the agriculture department here in washington on full alert. the fatal brain disease not only can be passed among cattle, scientists think an equally deadly variation can be transmitted to humans who eat contaminated beef or dairy products. the first confirmed case here in the united states in six years. elizabeth cohen joins us from the cnn center in atlanta. elizabeth, one of the reasons people get so scared is the potential. what does this mean for the food supply? you know, for this one cow that really this one cow doesn t have that much importance for our food supply. the usda doesn t appear to be panicked, even critics of the usda don t appear to be tank panicked. the reason why is this cow was never going to be eaten, it was a dairy cow. and experts say milk of an infected cow is not infectious. you can t get the disease from drinking the milk. john. how did they find out th ....

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