Yikes! Another state has detected its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer. It's Delaware!
This is worrisome because not only is this prion disease continuing its march throughout the USA and Canada in deer, moose, and elk, but scientists worry that it may cross species at some point and infect humans. Note that chronic wasting disease is always fatal. 100% of the time.
CWD is a neurologic prion disease similar to "mad cow disease" (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease in humans. There is no vaccine, treatment, or cure for the disease.
From CIDRAP: Delaware becomes 37th state to detect CWD within its borders
With Delaware reporting its first detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) yesterday, the fatal neurodegenerative disease has now been found in 37 US states. ...continue reading "Chronic Wasting Disease Now Found In 37 States"