Tyson Foods Inc., the No. 1 U.S. meat company, Monday posted higher quarterly earnings even as it took a $61-million charge for shipments of beef canceled after the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.

I'm reminded of those ads as I watch the media and public reaction to the news that mad cow disease has slipped ... Author's e-mail: fumento@pobox.com Michael Fumento is a syndicated health ...

the result was a "weak positive," said USDA Secretary Mike Johanns. He said that because of the differing results from the two tests, the sample would be sent next week to the world's top mad cow ...

In announcing the nation’s second confirmed case of mad cow disease, Agriculture Secretary Michael Johanns pointed out that the disease is so rare in the United States that it was like searching ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that a Texas cattle herd was mistakenly given feed with a small amount of prohibited animal by-products that could conceivably carry mad cow ...

USDA-mandated testing turned up a downed California dairy cow that was infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, the agency announced Tuesday.

Scientists have found evidence suggesting that the human form of mad cow disease might be infecting a wider group of people than seen so far and that some may develop a milder form of the illness.

(WKRN) — A case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as “mad cow disease,” was detected ... South Carolina State Veterinarian, Michael Neault, director of Clemson ...