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Chronic wasting disease: Death of 2 hunters in US raises concerns of 'zombie deer'
USA Today· 7 days agoCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. Deer infected with CWD may be called "zombie deer"...
CDC: Deer meat didn't cause hunters' deaths; concerns about chronic wasting disease remain
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 40 minutes agoGeological Survey. Scientists have been concerned about CWD because mad cow disease, or bovine...
Did Texas researchers link hunter deaths to deer disease? Not quite. Here are the facts
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 1 hour agoDid Texas researchers link hunter deaths to deer disease? Unlike mad cow disease — which is officially called bovine ...
Rare and fatal brain disease in two deer hunters heightens concerns about CWD
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 23 hours agoTwo friends who hunted deer together at the same lodge contracted an extremely rare brain disease...
'Zombie deer disease' could 'pass to humans like mad cow' after death of men
The US Sun· 4 days agoSCIENTISTS fear two men may have contracted a 'zombie deer disease' after eating infected meat. The...
2 die after eating CWD-infected meat: What to know about 'zombie deer disease'
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAccording to previous reporting by USA TODAY, scientists and health officials have been concerned...
Contaminated deer meat may have caused 2 hunters' deadly brain diseases
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has long been tied to eating beef from cattle infected...
Two Hunters Died of Rare Prion Disease. Doctors Suspect a First-of-Its Kind Deer Transmission
Gizmodo· 6 days agoA new study might point to the first signs of a frightening public health scenario: Researchers...
Consumption of contaminated venison suspected in cases of deer hunters with prion disease
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoIn their study, published in the journal Neurology, the group describes the symptoms of the two patients and how they died. Prior research has shown that some wild animals, such as deer, can ...
Brits on health alert as 'zombie deer disease' could 'pass to humans'
Daily Express· 3 days agoDr Cory Anderson from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) said the mad ...