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

The CDC states that CWD is a prion disease or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Other TSEs include bovine spongiform encephalopathy or “mad cow disease” in cattle and scrapie in sheep ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has announced that two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new area. The adult male deers who tested positive were in Luzerne County and ...

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic waste disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Manitowoc County. The deer was ...

SCIENTISTS have warned 'zombie deer disease', fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), the condition leaves deer ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and the state Department of Agriculture announced Friday two deer have tested positive for ...

During the archery season in September, a hunter killed a young buck just west of U.S. Highway 63 between Houston and Licking ...

The disease belongs to a group of diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. There is no known cure for TSEs, and they always are fatal in susceptible host species. No CWD ...

The disease belongs to a group of diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). There is no known cure for TSEs, and they always are fatal in susceptible host species.

It belongs to the family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases. The DNR began monitoring the state's wild white-tailed deer population for CWD in 1999.