(NEXSTAR) — Deer hunting season is upon us across the Midwest, prompting a reminder from wildlife officials: Be on the lookout for chronic wasting disease, or CWD. CWD is a contagious ...

Arkansas emerged this spring as America’s hot spot for chronic wasting disease, a fatal infection that strikes mostly deer and elk. The brain-wasting illness spreads animal to animal.

University of Minnesota researchers Manci Li and Peter Christenson prepare samples to test for chronic wasting disease. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed cases of chronic ...

Two deer in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania tested positive for chronic wasting disease. A new Disease Management Area with special regulations will be established in eastern Pennsylvania.

Disease Management Areas (DMAs) for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) are expected to expand this year with infections being found in new parts of southeastern and western Pennsylvania. The ...

Taking care to avoid any glands that might contain traces of chronic wasting disease (CWD)—a 100 percent fatal illness in deer, elk and moose that has been in detected in 35 U.S. states and five ...

Two adult male deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in two deer permit areas without previous confirmed cases of the disease. One deer was harvested in DPA 266 near Hawley in Clay ...

Chronic wasting disease, an incurable and always-fatal neurological disease found in large game like deer, elk and moose, has been found on the Flathead Reservation north of Missoula for the first ...

State law requires that the DNR enact a three-year baiting and feeding ban in counties where CWD has been detected, as well as a two-year ban in adjoining counties within 10 miles of a CWD detection.

Chronic Wasting Disease is a degenerative prion disease similar to mad cow disease that poses a serious threat to North America’s deer, elk, and moose populations. It is 100 percent fatal to infected ...