A map of counties across the U.S. that have recorded cases of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging cervids. As of November 2023, 414 counties across 31 states have seen cases. A map of counties ...

Zombie deer disease, also known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), continues to spread across the U.S., threatening at-risk white-tailed deer – and potentially the hunters who kill and eat them.

Watch the animation below to see the spread the spread of chronic wasting disease across the United States over the past 49 years. Click the years or red icons below to look at an individual year ...

Cases of the fatal ‘zombie deer disease’ have been confirmed in 32 states across the US. It has also been ... Known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), it has now been found in herds from ...

Note: the following map contains data as of November 2023, before Kentucky reported a case of CWD. It has also been found in three Canadian provinces. Outside of North America, chronic wasting ...

“Knowing this structure should help us understand how CWD pathogens grow ... The scientists were able to map a CWD prion, the misfolded protein that causes the deadly brain disease, to the ...