The disease — which is 100% fatal — causes a deer's nervous system to shut down until they die, but there's no evidence of ...

Researchers have identified chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in raw, cooked, and cured meat from an infected elk in Texas ...

Georgia confirms its first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a white-tailed deer, prompting the DNR to establish a CWD ...

Starting next deer season, hunters in south Georgia will have the option to drop off the heads of deer they take to be tested ...

confirmed cases in deer statewide. Researchers have found no evidence that CWD could be a threat to humans, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises individuals not to eat meat ...

A fatal neurological illness that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first ...

While there hasn’t yet been a case in humans, the CDC recommends not eating meat from deer that test positive for CWD. The DNR adds that anyone can have their deer sampled, whether they’re in ...

However, health experts recommend meat from CWD-positive deer not be consumed by humans. Wisconsin was the first state east of the Mississippi River to have CWD-positive deer. The first CWD ...

Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirms deer has tested positive for the state’s first identified case of chronic ...

A deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Mecosta County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural ...

The DNR says right now there are no confirmed cases of CWD in humans. The CDC says if you have harvested deer in the area, the safest thing to do is to throw the meat away or get it tested before ...

But in deer with CWD, diseased prions fold in abnormal shapes ... If the deer tests positive, the CDC says you should not eat its meat. The disease was already present in 35 states and three ...