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

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Some Colorado hunters this year will face mandatory chronic wasting disease testing for the elk they harvest as part of ...

State wildlife officials detected upwards of 400 cases of chronic wasting disease during the 2025-26 hunting season, as the fatal illness continues to impact deer and elk populations across the state.

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 ...

MISSOURI, USA — The Missouri Department of Conservation will soon invite the public to weigh in on big changes to the state's deer hunting rules, stemming from the increasing spread of a 100% fatal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Chronic wasting disease might just be the most terrifying ...

When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first discovered in Pennsylvania deerhalf a state away, locally the reaction was one of superficial concern. Wishful thinking was that the always-fatal ...

Hunting greater numbers of male deer can slow the spread of chronic wasting disease, a lethal wildlife disease, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wyoming Game and Fish ...

Chronic wasting disease in deer, a fatal and contagious neurological disease that has been called “the biggest threat to deer hunting,” is quickly spreading across the United States. Though the ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is reporting that two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new area of the state. The two deer, both adult males, were found in Luzerne ...