A team of researchers at University of Texas Health Science Center said the cases hint at a potential contamination from ...

A disease that kills white-tailed deer has moved further into central Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources ...

CWD has never been found in humans, but researchers now believe there may be a risk of the fatal disease spreading after two ...

It currently is known to infect only members of the cervid family - elk, deer, reindeer, caribou, and moose. Animal disease scientists are alarmed about the rapid spread of CWD in deer.

The 2022 deaths of two hunters who ate venison infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) has raised concerns the illness ...

Thirteen new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease, known popularly as “zombie deer disease,” have been confirmed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission from deer samples submitted ...

Chronic wasting disease continues to spread in white-tailed deer in Wisconsin and other states, highlighted by two findings this month. On April 11 the Department of Natural Resources confirmed ...

Indiana officials announced that they have detected their first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a deer, marking the 33rd state to record wildlife with the condition, dubbed “zombie deer ...

Concerns about chronic wasting disease have heightened after a case report surfaced of two hunters who developed neurological disorders and died after eating venison from a population of deer that ...

“CWD has been in our region for many years with positive cases in all of our surrounding states,” Indiana DNR deer biologist Joe Caudell said via press release. “The public can help by ...

Two hunters who ate meat from a population of deer known to have chronic wasting disease − or "zombie deer disease" − developed similar neurological conditions and died, raising concerns that ...

(WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging ...