Here's where "zombie deer disease" has been reported so far: Reports of chronic wasting disease in the U.S. and abroad. Chronic wasting disease has been found in animal populations in at least 31 ...

Lack of transmission of chronic wasting disease prions to human cerebral organoids. Emerging Infectious Diseases . Vol. 30, June 2024, p. 1193. doi: 10.3201/eid3006.231568.

Here's what to know about the case, and whether you should be worried about CWD. More: 13 more CWD cases found in NC: What to know about 'zombie deer disease' 2 men die after eating CWD-infected ...

In 2022 and 2023 a research team from the National Institutes of Health directly exposed healthy human cerebral organoids to high concentrations of CWD prions from whitetail deer, mule deer, and elk.

Chronic wasting disease's potential threat to humans went viral after a deer in Yellowstone got the disease. Here is the latest scientific evidence.

The Alliance for Public Wildlife, according to the Guardian, estimated in 2017 that 7,000 to 15,000 CWD-infected animals a year were unwittingly being eaten by humans, and that the number was ...

CWD symptoms often develop slowly, making the disease difficult, though not impossible, to detect in its early stages.Initially, infected deer may show no visible signs of illness, allowing them to ...

Though CWD is not known to have passed to humans or domestic animals, experts are very concerned about both possibilities, which Osterholm’s group just received more than $1.5 million in funding ...

If you’re planning to hunt any deer this year, here are four things to know about chronic wasting disease, including whether it can impact humans and if an infected deer’s meat is safe to eat.