'Zombie deer,' or chronic wasting disease, is expanding in the US. Here's what to know. ... However, the brain eventually deteriorates, and sick animals begin to drool, stumble, ...

Hunters in affected areas are being asked to stay informed about updated rules on carcass transportation and field dressing ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as the “zombie deer disease,” is a contagious and invariably fatal illness that affects cervids, a group of animals that includes deer, elk, caribou ...

Three of 62 white-tailed deer sampled during 2024 that tested positive for chronic wasting disease were found in Montgomery ...

In a new study exploring the risk chronic wasting disease poses to people, brain organoids — like those shown — were exposed to high doses of prions from white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk.

Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state ...

A deer may not show any signs of CWD until 18 to 24 months after becoming infected, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It's not the latest Hollywood movie but a real concern for wildlife agencies around the country, and now, Florida. The sickness some refer to as zombie deer disease actually is chronic wasting ...

Two friends who hunted deer together at the same lodge contracted an extremely rare brain disease and died, raising fears that they may have been infected by contaminated venison. A team of ...

It attacks the brain. It has a 100 per cent fatality rate. And it has spread all across southern and central Alberta. Fifteen years ago, chronic wasting disease was rare in the province's deer ...

New York state has confirmed its first case of 'zombie deer disease,' also called chronic wasting disease, in nearly 20 years, officials announced. The threat to the public is 'low,' they said.