We have been asked by some to have a blog on topical issues in public health and, particularly, in the areas of environmental health and infectious disease epidemiology. Today, we are launching our blog, affectionately entitled the BadBugBlog, with a discourse on Mad Cow Disease. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions for […]

Much has been in the news in the past 30 days about Mad Cow Disease, a/k/a BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), with the confirmation of the first positive finding in an indigenous cow in the United States. As you may remember, in December 2003, a cow, which was of Canadian birth, was found to be […]