Reports of chronic wasting disease in the U.S. and abroad Chronic wasting disease has been found in animal populations in at least 31 U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Earlier this month, Kentucky confirmed a case of CWD when officials with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the disease was detected in a 2-year-old white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter in November. Read more at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/26/zombie-disease-deer-not-humans/72029748007/