Thankfully, “zombie deer disease,” or chronic wasting disease (CWD), only affects cervids—deer, elk, moose, and their relatives. It hasn’t jumped species to infect humans, and it likely ...

A bill in Kentucky would make it illegal to take deer outside a Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Zone. The zones are a 30 ...

A 'zombie deer' disease that is fatal to every animal it infects could soon spill over into humans — if it hasn't already, according to an alarming new report. Experts have been warning for ...

Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the ...

The Department of Natural Resources says Indiana's second positive case of chronic wasting disease, also known as 'zombie ...

ATLANTA — Georgia wildlife officials on Monday presented their strategy for mitigating the so-called "zombie deer" disease known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), following the first-ever ...

As 'zombie deer disease' spreads through Canada, there's still much to learn about CWD and its potential effects on humans.

The province is backing the capture, killing and testing of hundreds of urban deer across two B.C. municipalities. Their goal ...

Chronic wasting disease — also known as CWD or “zombie deer disease” — spreads through highly infectious prions, deformed proteins that accumulate in the animal's body. Those prions pass ...