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

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

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

What is Chronic Wasting Disease? Chronic Wasting Disease is a progressive, fatal disease that affects the brain, spinal cord and many other tissues of farmed and free-ranging deer, elk ...

MANITOWOC – A deer in Manitowoc County has been identified to have chronic wasting disease, and authorities urge hunters to ...

Since chronic wasting disease was first detected in wild deer ... and minimizing contact with the deer's brain and spinal tissue. Wash your hands with warm water after handling any parts of ...

Chronic wasting disease, an unstoppable killer of deer ... kills by damaging the brain and nervous system. CWD symptoms described by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources include ...

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservation announced Tuesday that chronic wasting disease ... handling of brain and spinal tissue, clean ...

As CWD prions accumulate throughout the host’s brain and spinal cord ... “There’s no evidence of any transmission of chronic wasting disease to humans,” says Ermias Belay, a medical ...