Last year, there were seven cases of chronic wasting disease identified in Michigan out of about 4,000 tested deer. Since 2015, there have been 260 confirmed cases statewide, according to state data.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in both the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan. CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. It causes a degeneration of the brain.

Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is part of a regional coalition tracking the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological condition found in white-tailed deer in the state ...

Since chronic wasting disease was first detected in wild deer in 2015, more than 109,000 deer have been tested for CWD in Michigan. In total, more than 143,000 wild deer have been tested since ...

Mecosta is now the 14th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

A new case of chronic wasting disease among deer – a condition known as "zombie deer" - has been confirmed in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported ...

For more information on chronic wasting disease, visit Michigan.gov/CWD. Jalen Williams is a trending reporter at the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at [email protected].

Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, is a fatal neurological disease that infects our cervid population. ... Melinda Cosgrove with the Michigan DNR says hunters play a big part in stopping the spread.

“The expansion of chronic wasting disease to Washtenaw County is consistent with the slow spread we’ve seen throughout Michigan,” Chad Fedewa, acting DNR deer, elk and moose management ...

A case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a farmed white-tailed deer in mid-Michigan. The case involved a 7-year-old deer from Osceola County, the Michigan Department of Agriculture ...

Chronic wasting disease has no known cure, so prevention is key, experts say. But because the disease has spread across 35 states and four provinces, tracking it is difficult.