The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in ...

Maryland Department of Natural Resources tests conducted on 62 white-tailed deer in 2024 confirmed the presence of chronic ...

Maryland wildlife officials say chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading again—this time into a new part of the state. The ...

The $12 million will help state and tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to combat chronic wasting ...

With an eye toward reining in Kentucky's deer population in counties where chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a heightened ...

That disease is chronic wasting disease. It’s also often referred to as “zombie deer disease.” The condition is found in a class of animals called cervids, including elk, moose and deer ...

“Thanks to the support of hunters, Cervid Health Cooperators, and commission staff, we exceeded CWD sampling goals by collecting more than 23,000 CWD samples during the 2024-25 hunting season ...

CWD could already be transmitting to humans, according to experts who met to discuss the quickly spreading disease during an April 10 Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy seminar on ...

POWELL — Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of chronic wasting disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and even humans from direct contact with or environmental ...

Susewind also approved new mandatory CED testing of "salvaged cervids" in any WDFW region where CWD was found.