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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
The New York Times went with wire today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
WSU one of 7 schools picked for wider mad cow testing by Seattle P.I. Staf and News Services
"Washington State University has been selected to begin testing for mad cow disease as part of the federal government's tenfold increase in surveillance."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times went with two AP stories today.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
WSU to test cattle for mad cow by Jimmie Presley
"U.S. Department of Agriculture adds Pullman to list of seven state labs."
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Wall Street Journal
The Journal ran a Reuter's story today - Security Is Criticized At Federal Laboratory
"The U.S. government's main laboratory for testing mad-cow disease, located in an Iowa strip mall, isn't secure enough to store pathogens like the brain-wasting disease, Agriculture Department investigators said."
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Monday, March 29, 2004
Sunday, March 28, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
The Case of the Cherry Hill Cluster By D.T. MAX
In her profile, author Janet Skarbek wonders if a friend's death was caused by Mad Cow disease.
The New York Times additionally published a Reuters story today.
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Nothing published today in:
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Times
Spokane Spokesman Review
Tacoma News Tribune
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
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Saturday, March 27, 2004
Seattle Times
Saturday, March 27, 2004
Mad-cow disease Special Section
"News and updates on mad-cow disease in Washington state."
Tacoma News Tribune
Saturday, March 27, 2004
American beef safe to eat, U.S. tells its trading partners
IRA DREYFUSS; The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - "The United States has formally notified its trading partners that U.S. beef is safe to eat, a principal step toward negotiations to lift bans they imposed because of mad cow disease."
Saturday, March 27, 2004
The following papers didn't have a Mad Cow article appear in their daily internet edition:
New York Times
Seattle P I
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mad cow case raises suspicions in elderly deaths By Julie Davidow
Delayed results from 1997 autopsy reveal Rose Henry died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease not Alzheimer's as family had thought.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
Ranchers part ways over mad cow fallout by Kevin Graman
" group of ranchers has broken away from the Washington Cattlemen's Association to form a new organization, over differences about country-of-origin labeling and the federal government's handling of mad cow disease."
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Monday, March 22, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
The New York Times went with wire today.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Nothing in the Seattle Times today.
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The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
Recalled beef not all found, official says By Jimmie Presley
"Thousands of pounds of beef recalled after the first U.S. case of mad cow were never found and could have made it into the food supply, a federal official said last week."
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Wall Street Journal
Canada Identifies Possible Source Of Mad-Cow Cases By Tamsin Carlisle
"Canadian investigators have identified 68 British cattle that died or were slaughtered in Canada more than 10 years ago as the probable source of recent cases of mad-cow disease in North America -- a conclusion that leaves open the possibility that more cases may be lurking in Canada or the U.S."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Nothing in the Washington Post today.
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Sunday, March 21, 2004
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Seattle PI
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Mad cow feed source traced
Canada mills may have used British cattle before ban
By IRA DREYFUSS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
P-I reporter Lewis Kamb contributed to this report.
WASHINGTON -- "Canadian officials have traced to two mills the feed that probably caused North America's two cases of mad cow disease, one in Canada last May and the other in the United States in December."
Note: this is a little bit different version of the AP article.
Seattle PI
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Canadian mills blamed for U.S. mad cow
By IRA DREYFUSS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- The feed that infected two North American cows with mad cow disease probably came from two mills in Canada, officials there say. But they may never know for sure that the feed caused the infection, one official says.
Seattle Times
Special Section
Mad-cow disease
Saturday, March 20, 2004
News and updates on mad-cow disease in Washington state.
Updated with the AP article carried in many newspapers today
Spokane Spokesman Review
Special Section
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Newstrack
Mad cow disease
Updated with AP article that other newspapers carried today
Washington Post
Special Reports
Mad Cow Disease
Updated Saturday, March 20, 2004 with the similar AP article that ran in other newspapers.
Feed in Mad Cow Cases Traced to Two Mills
Washington Post
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Feed in Mad Cow Cases Traced to Two Mills
Associated Press
Page A08
"Canadian officials have traced to two mills the feed that probably caused North America's two cases of mad cow disease, one in Canada last May and the other in the United States in December. "
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Today's tracked newspapers ran versions of the same AP article.
Nothing found in the Wall Street Journal.
Tacoma News Tribune ran the AP article.
New York Times ran the AP article.
Friday, March 19, 2004
Seattle Times
Special Section
ABOUT MAD-COW DISEASE
Friday, March 19, 2004 - Page updated at 02:16 a.m.
"The first U.S. case of mad-cow disease was detected in a cow from a farm in Mabton, near Yakima, Washington, in December 2003."
Related stories
Spokane Spokesman Review
Newstrack
Special Section on Mad cow disease
Last updated: Friday, Mar. 19, 2004
Spokane Spokesman Review
Friday, March 19, 2004
New mad cow test OK'd
WASHINGTON -- "The government licensed a mad cow test that gives fast results and can be analyzed at many locations, a key step in the plan to increase testing, the test manufacturer said Thursday.
Bio-Rad Laboratories based in Hercules, Calif., said its test could be used in the Agriculture Department's main animal testing laboratory as well as in a network of facilities around the nation that the department will approve."
Washington Post
WASHINGTON IN BRIEF
Friday, March 19, 2004; Page A08
Government Licenses Faster Mad Cow Test
"The government has licensed a test for mad cow disease that gives fast results and can be analyzed at many locations, a key step in the plan to increase testing, the manufacturer of the test said yesterday.
Bio-Rad Laboratories based in Hercules, Calif., said the test checks for the presence of misshapen proteins, called prions, that cause the brain-wasting disease. It can give results in four hours and is almost 100 percent accurate, said Brad Crutchfield of Bio-Rad. "
by the Associated Press
No new articles in the following tracked newspapers today:
Wall Street Journal
Tacoma News Tribune
Seattle Times
Seattle PI
New York Times
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Mad-cow disease
Seattle Times
Special Section
News and updates on mad-cow disease in Washington state.
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Editorial
Seattle Times
Rebuilding confidence in U.S. beef supply
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Editorials & Opinion
"Boosting testing of cattle for mad-cow disease by tenfold sends a clear signal the federal officials are serious about casting a wide net for any possible new cases. But as the one-year... "
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Nothing published today in the following tracked newspapers:
New York Times
Seattle PI
Spokane Spokesman Review
Tacoma Tribune
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
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Wednesday, March 17, 2004
UCSF scientists show prion shape affects nature of infection
"UCSF scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a change in the folded shape of a prion protein changes its infectious properties -- including the prion's ability to jump "species barriers.'"
Offered by Andy Dworkin
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New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Plan for Sharp Rise in Mad Cow Testing Gets Mixed Reaction By Sandra Blakeslee
"The Agriculture Department's plan for a tenfold increase in testing for mad cow disease was greeted yesterday with mixture of optimism and skepticism."
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Nothing published today in:
News Tribune
Seattle PI
Seattle Times
Spokesman Review
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
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Tuesday, March 16, 2004
The News Tribune - Tacoma
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
The News Tribune and the Times went with the AP story today.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mad cow testing to increase tenfold By Phuong Cat Le
"The expansion will include examinations of healthy animals."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
U.S. to expand mad-cow testing By Sandi Doughton
"The federal government will greatly expand mad-cow testing for the next 12 to 18 months, collecting samples from at least 10 times as many animals as last year. "
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Wall Street Journal
USDA to Widen Testing Program For Mad-Cow By Scott Kilman
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture, under fire for its limited mad-cow surveillance program, said it will try to screen hundreds of thousands of cattle."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Testing for Mad Cow Disease To Expand USDA's Handling of Issue Being Challenged By Marc Kaufman
"The Agriculture Department, under fire for the way it has handled the discovery of mad cow disease in a Washington state cow, said yesterday that it will greatly expand the number of cattle it will test for the deadly infection."
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Monday, March 15, 2004
The News Tribune - Tacoma
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
All three went with an AP story today.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
State to try to better detect extent of mad-cow diseases By Sandi Doughton
Dr. Tom Montine joins "with Harborview Medical Center, the Washington state Department of Health and a top national laboratory to improve surveillance and diagnosis of so-called prion diseases across the region. "
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Sunday, March 14, 2004
The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Legislative Round-up for Washington State: What Passed, failed in the 60-day session by staff and wire
"Health
Mad-cow disease: A proposal to offer tax breaks to beef-processing businesses until the bans on U.S. beef are lifted in Mexico, Japan and Korea passed the House unanimously and cleared the Senate, 40-9, on the final day of the session. Lawmakers also outlawed commerce in live, "downer" livestock and strengthened the state's authority to quarantine and treat diseased animals. "
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Nothing in the News Tribune, New York Times, Spokesman Review, or Washington Post today.
Neither the Seattle PI nor the Wall Street Journal publish a Sunday print edition.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Wednesday watched newspapers:
The News Tribune and the Seattle PI went with AP stories today.
Nothing in the New York Times, Seattle Times, Spokesman Review, Wall Street Journal or the Washington Post.
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Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Opinion: Sell the public safer meat supply From the Seattle P.I. Editorial Board
"The U.S. Agriculture Department says it was just too busy until February to tell anyone about the actual size of its late December recall."
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
Nothing in the Seattle Times today.
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Wall Street Journal
USDA Prohibits Mad-Cow Tests By Outside Labs, Causing Outcry By Scott Kilman
"Susan Brownawell, a mother of three, wants to be able to have her family's beef screened for mad-cow disease. And Missouri rancher David Luker, who supplies much of the family's meat, is willing to do just that."
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Nothing in the Washington Post today.
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Monday, March 08, 2004
New York Times: Mad Cow Disease in the United States
Dr. Fred Brown, 79, Pioneer in Fighting Foot-and-Mouth, Dies By Jeremy Pearce
The Times published a news obit for Dr. Fred Brown, a expert in hoof and mouth disease who was also an adviser to the British government on mad cow disease.
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The Seattle Times - Special Section: Mad-cow disease
The Seattle Times went with an AP story today.
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Washington Post - Special Reports: Mad Cow Disease
Just a mention in "World in Brief" - TOKYO -- Preliminary tests suggest an 11th Japanese cow, from the northern island of Hokkaido, may have tested positive for mad cow disease, Farm Ministry officials said.
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Sunday, March 07, 2004
Thursday, March 04, 2004
The New York Times
Official Tells of Investigation Into Mad Cow Discrepancies
By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
The Seattle Times
Mad-cow criminal probe to focus on case records
By Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times staff reporter
The Spokesman-Review
Mad cow sparks criminal probe USDA to see if `downer' status for animal was falsified
Jimmie Presley, Staff writer
Commentary:
And Another Thing...Short Takes on Current Events
The Wall Steet Journal
Food: Mexico Will Ease Its Mad-Cow Ban On Beef From U.S.By Scott Kilman and Jeff Lyons
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
New York Times, Seattle papers, Spokesman-Review, and Washington Post ran AP on meat recall &/or criminal probe.
Nothing in the News Tribune or Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
The Seattle Times, Mad-Cow Section
Mad-cow beef 4 times amount earlier said
By Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times staff reporter
CORRECTION: For some in beef industry, mad-cow disease 'almost a windfall' By Alwyn Scott, Seattle Times business reporter
Information in this article, originally published Feb. 29, was corrected March 2. Tyson Foods' beef-processing plant is in Walla Walla County, not Yakima County. Also, cattle parts other than beef go into rendering, while muscle cuts go into hamburger. The article was unclear about the distinction.
Monday, March 01, 2004
