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

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

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

Starting next deer season, hunters in south Georgia can have their deer tested for a fatal and infectious disease sometimes ...

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 ...

The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a Georgia deer has state officials on alert, but they say the deer hunting ...

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

CWD was first discovered in 1967 in Fort Collins, Colorado. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current ...

LAKELAND, Ga. (WSAV) – The first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Georgia was confirmed Wednesday by the ...

CWD symptoms described by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources include “emaciation, a wide-based stance and swaying gait, lowered head and drooping ears, a lack of fear of humans ...