Last year, there were seven cases of chronic wasting disease identified in Michigan out of about 4,000 tested deer. Since 2015, there have been 260 confirmed cases statewide, according to state data.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in both the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan. CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. It causes a degeneration of the brain.

Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is part of a regional coalition tracking the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological condition found in white-tailed deer in the state ...

Since chronic wasting disease was first detected in wild deer in 2015, more than 109,000 deer have been tested for CWD in Michigan. In total, more than 143,000 wild deer have been tested since ...

A new case of chronic wasting disease among deer – a condition known as "zombie deer" - has been confirmed in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported ...

For more information on chronic wasting disease, visit Michigan.gov/CWD. Jalen Williams is a trending reporter at the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at [email protected].

Mecosta is now the 14th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, is a fatal neurological disease that infects our cervid population. ... Melinda Cosgrove with the Michigan DNR says hunters play a big part in stopping the spread.

Disease impacting deer population on the rise in Michigan 01:39. A new case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed among a Michigan deer. This latest case, involving a 7-year-old farmed ...

A case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a farmed white-tailed deer in mid-Michigan. The case involved a 7-year-old deer from Osceola County, the Michigan Department of Agriculture ...

Chronic wasting disease has no known cure, so prevention is key, experts say. But because the disease has spread across 35 states and four provinces, tracking it is difficult.