DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Since 2013, chronic wasting disease has been detected in more than 500 deer across 31 Iowa counties. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has launched an ...

Learn how chronic wasting disease spreads, why infected “zombie deer” act strangely, and whether humans are at risk.

EAST LANSING, Mich — It’s almost invisible. Nearly indestructible. And always fatal. Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD is a contagious neurological disease caused by a misfolded protein— called a prion— ...

Two cases of chronic wasting disease have been found in deer in Sussex County, marking the first reported cases in Delaware ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will provide approximately $12 million to ...

With the first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the Georgia, here's what the The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has to say about the disease. What is Chronic Wasting Disease ...

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has announced new guidelines for hunters and farmers related to a deadly disease found in deer. “It is a neurological disease that is always fatal,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty-three years after the first detections were reported, chronic wasting disease continues to spread geographically and ...

This winter, the National Elk Refuge biologist Eric Cole reported a high count of 6,970 elk on the 24,700-acre refuge.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $12 million for Chronic Wasting Disease control and prevention efforts ...

Twenty-three years after the first detections were reported, chronic wasting disease continues to spread geographically and increase in prevalence in Wisconsin's white-tailed deer herd, according to ...