'Zombie' deer disease is in 24 states and thousands of infected deer are eaten each year

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    An infectious disease deadly in deer has spread to 24 states as experts warn the ailment – unofficially dubbed "zombie" deer disease – could one day hit humans.

    Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, has afflicted free-ranging deer, elk and/or moose in 24 states and two Canadian provinces as of January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

    "We are in an unknown territory situation," Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told USA TODAY on Friday.

    Read more https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...sting-disease-could-affect-humans/2882550002/
     

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