Remember, there is still no known case of CWD infecting a human. But this is not to say that CWD will never infect humans. A new strain of CWD prion could emerge that could be more dangerous to people ...

In Breckinridge County, a deer from a farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease, but what exactly is it?The Kentucky ...

Lack of transmission of chronic wasting disease prions to human cerebral organoids. Emerging Infectious Diseases . Vol. 30, June 2024, p. 1193. doi: 10.3201/eid3006.231568.

Here is what you need to know about the most current chronic wasting disease science, including the disease's long association with CSU and Fort Collins, its threat to humans and what can be done ...

Here's where "zombie deer disease" has been reported so far: Reports of chronic wasting disease in the U.S. and abroad. Chronic wasting disease has been found in animal populations in at least 31 ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in both the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan. CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. It causes a degeneration of the brain.

But, it’s important to remember that there is no documented evidence of a human ever becoming infected with chronic wasting disease. A Prion Map Could Lead to a Vaccine The ability to see, and thus ...

Other prion diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, have affected humans. Mad cow claimed the lives of more than 200 ...

If a hunter shoots an elk, deer or moose infected with chronic wasting disease, can people become sick from eating the meat or handling a knife used to dress the ...

State wildlife officials are upping local harvest quotas for whitetail deer to combat a recent outbreak of chronic wasting ...

More: CDC: Deer meat didn't cause hunters' deaths; concerns about chronic wasting disease remain Is CWD possible in humans? What is the human equivalent of CWD? Though there have been no cases of ...