Researchers have identified chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in raw, cooked, and cured meat from an infected elk in Texas ...

In a first-of-its-kind report recently published by the University of Minnesota, researchers have turned their attention to ...

may pose a risk to people and suggest that it is important to prevent human exposures to (it).” Chronic wasting disease is a resilient prion — an infectious protein — which attacks deer ...

There is a risk of chronic wasting disease, also known as CWD, jumping from animals like deer over to humans, according to a ...

Chronic wasting disease has been prevalent in various cervid species across the United States and other countries since the ...

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

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

Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) has confirmed through the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories that a hunter-harvested deer sampled for routine ...

The science behind how or if CWD could spread to humans is murky ... who eat infected game meat such as venison could still be at risk. Some hunters like Skarlupka aren’t keen on taking chances ...

Given CWD’s increasing prevalence in deer and the increasing human exposure, researchers say there is increased risk of spillover. The report details areas in which there would be response gaps.