The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why the disease hasn’t made the leap to humans.

Another case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in Washington, wildlife officials said Friday. The Washington ...

In a major discovery, scientists have presented the first evidence of Alzheimer's disease transmission in living individuals.

According to FWP biologists, the bull elk in southeast Montana was showing symptoms of the disease in mid-October and ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday that an elk in southeast Montana tested positive for Chronic ...

Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic ...

this has been termed a 'subversion of function'. If so, PrP C contributes to neurotoxicity in prion disease but by uncertain mechnisms.

A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how ...

Oregon confirms its first human bird flu case, the latest in dozens of cases in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the ...

Bird flu is rare in humans, but it can be serious or even deadly ... take action to protect their birds and report any signs of disease. Christine Middlemiss said: “Winter is a greater risk ...