CJD case cluster examined; folic acid fortification a success

Looking for some interesting reading this weekend? The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report has two great articles for science geeks. This one reports there was no causal link to bad beef among the cluster of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease among people who ate at the Garden State Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. And this one documents the decline in birth defects after the government mandated that cereal products be fortified with folic acid.