The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in ...

Maryland DNR has detected chronic wasting disease in a Howard Co. deer for the 1st time. A DNR expert spoke with Patch about ...

Maryland wildlife officials say chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading again—this time into a new part of the state. The ...

Three of 62 white-tailed deer sampled during 2024 that tested positive for chronic wasting disease were found in Montgomery ...

The National Park Service has found its first cases of chronic wasting disease in Maryland with three white-tailed deer testing positive. Two were found at Antietam National Battlefield and one at ...

Plus: Three deer in MoCo test positive for chronic wasting disease; Silver Spring man charged after allegedly stabbing ...

Chronic wasting disease has been found in deer, elk, reindeer and moose in areas of North America, Canada, Norway and South Korea. (J. Irwin/Classicstock/Getty Images) ...

Also known as chronic wasting disease, "zombie deer disease" is a prion disease, a rare, progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects deer, elk, moose and other animals, the CDC says.

More than half of states have identified cases of chronic wasting disease, sometimes called "zombie deer disease," a fatal neurologic disease among animals.Kentucky became the latest state to ...

Randall Gornowich / Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter. ... In the lineup of wildlife diseases across the country, few are more studied and yet still ...

Maryland Department of Natural Resources tests conducted on 62 white-tailed deer in 2024 confirmed the presence of chronic ...