Chronic wasting disease is sometimes referred to as "zombie deer disease," or affected deer can be called "zombie deer" due to the neurological signs of the disease, which include weight loss ...

These so-called “zombie deer” often get media attention, but as the disease progresses in the wild, deer become more susceptible to other diseases, less able to protect themselves, more prone ...

Scientists are warning that we may be on the brink of a new mad cow-like disease that's targeting the cervid (deer, elk, moose, caribou, and reindeer) population. Dubbed zombie deer disease ...

Here is everything we know about this illness. Chronic wasting disease, otherwise known as “zombie deer” disease, is part of a family of prion illnesses – where a type of protein folded in ...

A prion disease affecting deer is spreading rapidly across the animal’s population in North America, and has been dubbed as the “zombie deer disease” due to it’s The Walking Dead-esque ...

Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans," screamed a headline from The Guardian on Dec. 22. "Zombie Deer Disease a 'Slow Moving ...

It is 100% fatal, and there are no treatments or vaccines. Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of “zombie deer disease” amid fears it may evolve to infect humans. AP “The ...

A rare "zombie" disease that causes deer to excessively drool, droop their ears and become reluctant to move before eventually killing them has been detected in Yellowstone National Park for the ...

The disease has also been referred to as "zombie deer" disease due to the symptoms that are present in the infected animals.Signs of the disease include progressive weight loss, clumsy movements ...

At least, the ones who infect the animal kingdom. Recently, zombie deer disease (yes, it’s a real thing!) was found at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. A deer tested positive for ...

The slow decline of the nervous system causes animals to drool, stumble, and stare blankly in the days before they die — that’s why it’s been dubbed “zombie deer disease” and “the dise ...