“Nevertheless, these experimental studies raise the concern that (the disease) may pose a risk to people and suggest that it is important to prevent human exposures to (it).” Chronic wasting ...

BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) -- Deer Hunt 2024 is quickly approaching, and hundreds of thousands of hunters are expected to take to ...

Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic ...

However, scientists expect the study to take many years before they will determine what risk, if any, chronic wasting disease poses to people because of the long time it takes before symptoms of ...

Most deer live between 3 and 6 years in the wild, suggesting that even with predators removed the business of life carries ...

Chronic wasting ... the disease over long distances by moving live infected animals and infected carcasses. Researchers have found no evidence that the disease poses a serious risk to humans ...