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 ...

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

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

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

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

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease ...

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

A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for Chronic-Wasting Disease (CWD), the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half-year-old male ...

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

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

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 ...