Experts aren't sure if "zombie deer disease" can spread to humans, but they're concerned about the rising number of cases and the potential ... is being compared to mad cow disease.

It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as 'mad cow disease', is not merely ... to prevent transmission from cattle to humans, as the numerous bans on imported ...

Georgia is the 36th state to have a deer test positive for a disease that is not known to ... resulted in the first North American case in 2003. However, in contrast to CWD, mad cow disease can make ...

Though there have been no cases of CWD observed in humans, there is a human TSE. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is often called the human form of mad cow disease, and presents as rapidly presenting ...

H5N1 bird flu is branching out. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that a second type of ...

CWD has been around for more than 50 years and there hasn’t been a human case ... that this is a static disease,” said Anderson. Similar to diseases like mad cow, which did spill over to ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is reporting that two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new ...

Georgia is the 36th state to have a deer test positive for a disease ... North American case in 2003. However, in contrast to Chronic Wasting Disease, mad cow disease can make humans sick if ...

The two detected cases were about 40 miles ... It is simiilar to mad cow disease in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. CWD spreads animal to animal as well as through contaminated ...