The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced a CWD-positive deer has been detected in Carbon County. The deer, an adult male, was detected in Packer Township, Carbon County. This detection is the first ...

There’s been another dead deer that has tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania, just a few weeks after officials announced finding other ...

The Luzerne County detections are 40 miles from the nearest wild CWD detection. They will ultimately result in disease ...

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Two dead deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in northeastern Pennsylvania, officials said Friday. The disease was detected in deer, one which is ...

Chronic Wasting Disease is a neurological disease caused by a misfolded protein called a prion and is always fatal for deer and elk. It is simiilar to mad cow disease in cattle and Creutzfeldt ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) recently confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, this week announced two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new area of ...

CWD spreads through direct animal-to-animal contact, as well as indirectly through prion-contaminated environments. CWD-infected individuals shed prions through saliva, urine and feces, and ...

CWD is a fatal disease that affects deer, elk, and moose. It is caused by prions, which are infectious proteins. There is no ...

Recently Dusty Backer, one of the loudest critics of the NDGF's restrictions on bait hunting (which wildlife experts say can contribute to the spread of prion diseases of which CWD is one ...