-
Join 260 other subscribers
Blog Stats
- 34,696 hits
-
Recent Posts
- BIRD FLU January 27, 2025
- UPDATE ON CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE January 10, 2025
- FATAL FEAST April 23, 2024
- BOOK SIGNING EVENT January 31, 2024
- FATAL FEAST December 15, 2023
Categories
Blogs
Top Posts & Pages
Betty Kuffel Author
Social
Category Archives: Medical Thriller
FATAL FEAST
Has prion disease in wildlife jumped the species barrier to humans? The outbreak of mad cow disease in Great Britain cattle in shocked the world. The first sick cow was identified in 1984. By 1992-1993, 100,00 cases were identified.Over 4 … Continue reading
FATAL FEAST
A report from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks yesterday revealed the epidemic spread of a devastating incurable disease in deer across the state. A report of the eastern part of the state showed the disastrous spread among mule and white-tailed … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Thriller, Deer, Medical Thriller, vCJD
Leave a comment
Prion Pandemic in Wildlife
Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic is on our minds. With no antiviral agent to stop this coronavirus infection, the real hope is to survive long enough to receive one of the effective vaccines to generate antibodies to block infection. In addition, … Continue reading
FREE E-BOOK EVENT
FREE E-BOOK OFFER for 4 DAYS JANUARY 23-26 FATAL FEAST & DEADLY PYRE Four days: Thursday January 23 through Sunday January 26 Follow this link to my Amazon Author Page: FREE BOOK LINK Please share the event with friends and … Continue reading
Birthing a Book
Writing a book is a lot like pregnancy. You think about having a baby for a long time, often years before making the decision. You research many aspects and even take a class or two to help prepare for the … Continue reading
Chronic Wasting Disease in Wildlife
CWD Concerns I have followed prion research since the outbreak of mad cow disease in Great Britain three decades ago. With a mad cow variant prion causing the Chronic Wasting Disease epidemic spreading in wildlife, this blog is an overview … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Biological Thriller, Chronic Wasting Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Deer, Fatal Feast, Mad Cow Disease, Medical Thriller, Prion Disease, vCJD
Tagged Prion safety
1 Comment
Fatal Feast – A Biological Thriller
A New Publication Announcing the publication of Fatal Feast on August 30th, a biological thriller set in Montana. I began researching the topic 30 years ago with the outbreak of mad cow disease in Great Britain. Prion disease is an … Continue reading
Prion Disease in Humans
Luckily, prion disease in humans is rare, like one in million. However, the rapid spread through wild game animals and the history of transmission of a similar disease to humans from eating prion-infected beef means knowing about the disease … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Biological Thriller, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Deer, Medical Thriller, Prion Disease
Tagged elk, Thriller, Venison
4 Comments
Free E-book – Alaska Flight
Flight nurse Liz Elliot quits her Arizona job and flees to Alaska to cool hot emotions after a medical helicopter piloted by her lover crashes, killing him and two close friends. Her escape from grief backfires when she meets Paul Lasher, a charming flying doctor in need of her emergency skills in the Alaskan bush. They learn her friends were murdered. Will Liz be next? Continue reading
Extinction – A Biological Thriller
A new thriller coming soon. Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Biological Thriller, Deer, Medical Thriller, Prion Disease
Leave a comment
Author Betty Kuffel, MD 