While no one is certain, experts think that another always-fatal prion disease—this one currently known to occur only in cervids such as deer, moose, and elk—may behave the same way if it should jump the species barrier and infect people. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been decimating cervid populations throughout North America since it was first diagnosed in a captive …
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