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— ...

CWD, though not so deadly at this point as EHD in terms of numbers, seems more ominous.

New cases are being found in counties known to have the disease, as well as in areas previously thought untouched.

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, chronic wasting disease has plagued Colorado’s deer, elk and moose herds. While Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been working to manage and respond to outbreaks of the fatal neurological ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KFVS) - Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials say they have detected chronic wasting disease in deer populations Putnam, Marshall, Adams and Peoria counties. Chronic ...

Chronic wasting disease detected in Roanoke, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski counties as Virginia releases new surveillance ...

A lab in Louisiana is a hub for chronic wasting disease research detection. Outside, scientists face skepticism and backlash.

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 ...