Ending the spread of CWD appears unlikely because the prions, which cluster in the brain and nervous system, can be ...

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

Georgia's first-ever case of the deer disease -- which is 100% fatal -- was reported last week in south Georgia.

For the first time, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a deer found in Georgia. Tina Johannsen, assistant ...

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

SCIENTISTS have warned ‘zombie deer disease’, fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically ...

Wisconsin DNR reveals preliminary results from a study on Chronic Wasting Disease, deer survival, and predator impacts in ...

Rhode Island Hospital at Brown University Health will receive $1 million to demonstrate proof of concept for a test that uses ...

Deer can carry CWD for more than a year without showing symptoms. However, as documented by the Wisconsin researchers in multiple deer in the study, the end stage of the disease can be fairly abrupt.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today confirmed more H5N1 avian ...

The deer, in other words ... kills by damaging the brain and nervous system. CWD symptoms described by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources include “emaciation, a wide-based stance ...