A third case of Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed in a deer near Cranbrook, highlighting growing concerns about the spread of this fatal disease in the region.

A second case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed in Washington, detected in a white-tailed deer in Spokane County. This follows the first case earlier in the year.

Ontario is surrounded by chronic wasting disease, but the illness has yet to be detected among the province's wildlife. That's according the 2023 results from Ontario's surveillance program. Now, experts say prevention is key to keeping deer and other wildlife safe.

The first known cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia have been discovered in two deer in the Kootenays. Officials have been keeping an eye on the southeastern area of B.C. for some time, as nearby outbreaks have occurred in Alberta, Montana and Idaho. The two recent positive samples came from an area south of Cranbrook.

Another species of deer has been detected suffering from chronic wasting disease in Manitoba according to the province.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Marquette County.

Alaska hunters will discover a new page in the 2019-2020 hunting regulations which describes mule deer and white-tailed deer, two historically non-native species that are now moving into Alaska.

Norman Yakeleya is calling for an emergency meeting with the federal and territorial governments to discuss the threat of chronic wasting disease (CWD) with the potential to decimate northern caribou herds.

This is the first time CWD, which affects the nervous systems of deer and elk and has no known cure, has been discovered in the province.

The death of an elk in eastern Finland has been blamed on chronic wasting disease, which has never been seen in the country before.

Across a growing swath of North America, these animals are dying from a mysterious disorder called chronic wasting disease. It’s caused not by a virus or bacterium, but a deformed protein called a prion.

CWD was first recorded in Saskatchewan in 1996 on a game farm, but has since moved into the wild deer, elk and moose populations, with wildfire-like infection rates in some areas. Up to 70 per cent of male deer are infected with the fatal disease, says a wildlife health specialist.

An incurable disease found in deer, elk, and moose is spreading across Alberta, according to new provincial surveillance results — and certain populations have reached a 23 per cent positivity rate.