If ever one needed proof of how difficult it is to formulate health policy in the absence of hard
evidence, the thorny problem of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is it. And the more costly …

The American Red Cross, which provides about half of the nation's blood supplies, is
expanding its ban on blood donations to all of Europe. From this month, the Red Cross will …

Is blood from people infected with variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD, or bovine
spongiform encephalopathy [BSE]) infectious? The final answer won't be known for several …

UK and will begin leukodepletion processing of donated blood. These decisions were taken
on the basis of evidence that the “hypothetical” risk that new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob …

The report of the public inquiry into the handling of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE) crisis (www. bse. org. uk), which resulted in the slaughter of 177 390 cattle on 35 103 …

The American Red Cross, which provides about half of the nation's blood supplies, is
expanding its ban on blood donations to all of Europe. From this month, the Red Cross will …

28 August (Reuters Health)—In its latest effort to prevent variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(vCJD) from spreading to the US, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed on …

The government is spending" proportionate" amounts of money on research into variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and ways of detecting the potentially fatal disease, MPs …

In recent years, a variety of issues have emerged that have caused public disquiet about the
credibility of British government advice on public health': Regrettably, in early 1996, events …

Concern that variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) could be transmitted through blood
has prompted national blood agencies to consider whether to refuse blood from donors who …