A Pennsylvania Senate committee amended then approved a measure passed by the House to repeal the prohibition on Sunday ...

CWD-infected deer shed these prions in saliva, urine and feces. In addition, infected carcasses contribute to environmental contamination. Once in soil, CWD prions remain infectious for decades.

National Institutes of Health Director Jayanta "Jay" Bhattacharya made a visit to Rocky Mountain Laboratories on Wednesday, ...

The $12 million will help state and tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to combat chronic wasting ...

More measles cases have been reported in Washington state. Officials in Seattle-King County yesterday reported two measles ...

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Baby deer cannot cannot be rehabilitated or transported out counties in Chronic Wasting Disease containment zones, including five-county Culpeper area.

New Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance measures are now in effect for Henderson, Union, and Webster counties, following the detection of CWD in a deer harvested just across ...

Prions are best known as the infectious agents proposed to be responsible for the mammalian transmissible spongiform encephalopathies including scrapie in sheep, mad cow disease in cattle, and ...