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Another Wyoming elk-hunting area reports #CWD
An adult female elk in Elk Hunt Area 116 tested positive for the fatal neurologic infection, marking the area's first case.
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An adult female elk in Elk Hunt Area 116 tested positive for the fatal neurologic infection, marking the area's first case.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Another Wyoming elk-hunting area reports #CWD
An adult female elk in Elk Hunt Area 116 tested positive for the fatal neurologic infection, marking the area's first case.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Danny Barron / Flickr cc
An adult female elk in Elk Hunt Area 116 tested positive for the fatal neurologic infection, marking the area's first case.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Danny Barron / Flickr cc
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family and friends, Happy Indigenous American Day to all my American family and friends. I am truly thankful for you all!
October 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family and friends, Happy Indigenous American Day to all my American family and friends. I am truly thankful for you all!
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Georgia adds Lowndes County to #CWD zone after deer tests positive within 5 miles of border
The 2.5-year-old buck was found about 5 miles from a previous detection in adjacent Lanier County.
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Photo: Judy Baxter / Flickr cc
The 2.5-year-old buck was found about 5 miles from a previous detection in adjacent Lanier County.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Georgia adds Lowndes County to #CWD zone after deer tests positive within 5 miles of border
The 2.5-year-old buck was found about 5 miles from a previous detection in adjacent Lanier County.
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Photo: Judy Baxter / Flickr cc
The 2.5-year-old buck was found about 5 miles from a previous detection in adjacent Lanier County.
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Photo: Judy Baxter / Flickr cc
One of my heroes! Thank you, Jane, for all you have done for global conservation!
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
One of my heroes! Thank you, Jane, for all you have done for global conservation!
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The measles vaccine may do more than we thought – and the growing number of outbreaks makes ensuring you’re protected ever more urgent.
Measles isn’t just dangerous – it may erase your immune system
The measles vaccine may do more than we thought – and the growing number of outbreaks makes ensuring you’re protected ever more urgent.
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July 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The measles vaccine may do more than we thought – and the growing number of outbreaks makes ensuring you’re protected ever more urgent.
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Maryland survey reports 62 CWD-positive deer in 2024
The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in the state in 2011.
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Photo credit: Stan Lupo / Flickr cc
The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in the state in 2011.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Maryland survey reports 62 CWD-positive deer in 2024
The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in the state in 2011.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo credit: Stan Lupo / Flickr cc
The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in the state in 2011.
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Photo credit: Stan Lupo / Flickr cc
My daughter's book chapter on harbour porpoise exploitation!
Did you know harbour porpoises were once considered food for kings in Europe? 🐬👑
In a new chapter written with @cetaceanyouri.bsky.social we trace the history of porpoise exploitation across Northern Europe from the Mesolithic to the Medieval
Curious? I’ll be sharing a few highlights 🧵
In a new chapter written with @cetaceanyouri.bsky.social we trace the history of porpoise exploitation across Northern Europe from the Mesolithic to the Medieval
Curious? I’ll be sharing a few highlights 🧵
June 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My daughter's book chapter on harbour porpoise exploitation!
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6-year study of deer home range, habitat preference could help officials manage #CWD
Direct prion spread likely predominates during breeding season, but indirect interactions may be more common at sites such as scrapes.
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Photo: Stan Lupo / Flickr cc
Direct prion spread likely predominates during breeding season, but indirect interactions may be more common at sites such as scrapes.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Stan Lupo / Flickr cc
May 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
6-year study of deer home range, habitat preference could help officials manage #CWD
Direct prion spread likely predominates during breeding season, but indirect interactions may be more common at sites such as scrapes.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Stan Lupo / Flickr cc
Direct prion spread likely predominates during breeding season, but indirect interactions may be more common at sites such as scrapes.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Stan Lupo / Flickr cc
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Join CIDRAP for a discussion of findings and recommendations from our report on #CWD spillover preparedness and response. Experts will discuss One Health topics followed by a Q&A session moderated by CIDRAP Director Dr. Michael Osterholm.
Register here: z.umn.edu/CWDwebinar
Register here: z.umn.edu/CWDwebinar
March 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Join CIDRAP for a discussion of findings and recommendations from our report on #CWD spillover preparedness and response. Experts will discuss One Health topics followed by a Q&A session moderated by CIDRAP Director Dr. Michael Osterholm.
Register here: z.umn.edu/CWDwebinar
Register here: z.umn.edu/CWDwebinar
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Wyoming, Louisiana announce #CWD spread to new areas
Horse Creek becomes fourth elk feeding ground in Wyoming to test positive in 2025, and Louisiana's Catahoula Parish reports first case.
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Photo: Peggy2012CREATIVELENZ / Flickr cc
Horse Creek becomes fourth elk feeding ground in Wyoming to test positive in 2025, and Louisiana's Catahoula Parish reports first case.
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Photo: Peggy2012CREATIVELENZ / Flickr cc
March 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wyoming, Louisiana announce #CWD spread to new areas
Horse Creek becomes fourth elk feeding ground in Wyoming to test positive in 2025, and Louisiana's Catahoula Parish reports first case.
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Photo: Peggy2012CREATIVELENZ / Flickr cc
Horse Creek becomes fourth elk feeding ground in Wyoming to test positive in 2025, and Louisiana's Catahoula Parish reports first case.
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Photo: Peggy2012CREATIVELENZ / Flickr cc
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Cow elk is first #CWD case in Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 93, first infected elk on Black Butte Feedground
Elk Hunt Area 93 is bordered by CWD-positive elk hunt areas 87 and 92 in the northwest part of the state.
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Photo: David Minty / Flickr cc
Elk Hunt Area 93 is bordered by CWD-positive elk hunt areas 87 and 92 in the northwest part of the state.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Cow elk is first #CWD case in Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 93, first infected elk on Black Butte Feedground
Elk Hunt Area 93 is bordered by CWD-positive elk hunt areas 87 and 92 in the northwest part of the state.
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Photo: David Minty / Flickr cc
Elk Hunt Area 93 is bordered by CWD-positive elk hunt areas 87 and 92 in the northwest part of the state.
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Photo: David Minty / Flickr cc
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This message needs to be heard widely.
NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
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March 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This message needs to be heard widely.
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PDF Opportunity in Plant Proteomics.
Come join the Uhrig Lab @uhriglab.bsky.social on this very exciting project!!!
Check out the details below.
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Come join the Uhrig Lab @uhriglab.bsky.social on this very exciting project!!!
Check out the details below.
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March 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PDF Opportunity in Plant Proteomics.
Come join the Uhrig Lab @uhriglab.bsky.social on this very exciting project!!!
Check out the details below.
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Come join the Uhrig Lab @uhriglab.bsky.social on this very exciting project!!!
Check out the details below.
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#CWD infects captive deer in Kaufman County, Texas, for first time
Kaufman County is in the northeastern part of the state, just outside of Dallas.
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Photo: Rachel Kramer / Flickr cc
Kaufman County is in the northeastern part of the state, just outside of Dallas.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#CWD infects captive deer in Kaufman County, Texas, for first time
Kaufman County is in the northeastern part of the state, just outside of Dallas.
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Photo: Rachel Kramer / Flickr cc
Kaufman County is in the northeastern part of the state, just outside of Dallas.
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Photo: Rachel Kramer / Flickr cc
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Posey County, Indiana, reports its first #CWD case, second in the state
The county is in southwestern Indiana, on the border with Illinois and Kentucky, both of which are CWD-positive.
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Photo: Jeremiah John McBride / Flickr cc
The county is in southwestern Indiana, on the border with Illinois and Kentucky, both of which are CWD-positive.
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Photo: Jeremiah John McBride / Flickr cc
February 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Posey County, Indiana, reports its first #CWD case, second in the state
The county is in southwestern Indiana, on the border with Illinois and Kentucky, both of which are CWD-positive.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Jeremiah John McBride / Flickr cc
The county is in southwestern Indiana, on the border with Illinois and Kentucky, both of which are CWD-positive.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Jeremiah John McBride / Flickr cc
A beautiful morning in Central Wisconsin!
February 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A beautiful morning in Central Wisconsin!
Geographic range of CWD continues to expand.
Georgia confirms #CWD case, becoming 36th US state to report fatal prion disease
The 2.5-year-old buck was found on private land in Lanier County, in the south-central part of the state.
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Photo: Larry Smith / Flickr cc
The 2.5-year-old buck was found on private land in Lanier County, in the south-central part of the state.
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Photo: Larry Smith / Flickr cc
January 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Geographic range of CWD continues to expand.
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What does the dawn of Dark Age 2.0 look like...?
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...
"...will likely lead to interruptions in grant funding, which is bad for U.S. biomedical research."
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...
"...will likely lead to interruptions in grant funding, which is bad for U.S. biomedical research."
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the
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January 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
What does the dawn of Dark Age 2.0 look like...?
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...
"...will likely lead to interruptions in grant funding, which is bad for U.S. biomedical research."
Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...
"...will likely lead to interruptions in grant funding, which is bad for U.S. biomedical research."
If your deer, elk, moose tests positive for CWD, don't eat it.
#CWD prions confirmed in raw, cooked elk meat, water used for boiling, but risk to people unclear
Grilling boosted detection of prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in tissue.
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Photo: Oregon DOA / Flickr cc
Grilling boosted detection of prions, which the authors say may be because heat helps release prions trapped in tissue.
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Photo: Oregon DOA / Flickr cc
January 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If your deer, elk, moose tests positive for CWD, don't eat it.
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Elk becomes first #CWD-positive case of its species on a Wyoming feeding ground
The animal was found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 at the end of December.
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Photo: Baker County Tourism / Flickr cc
The animal was found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 at the end of December.
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January 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Elk becomes first #CWD-positive case of its species on a Wyoming feeding ground
The animal was found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 at the end of December.
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Photo: Baker County Tourism / Flickr cc
The animal was found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 at the end of December.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Baker County Tourism / Flickr cc
Please, please get your deer/elk etc tested for CWD-- and don't eat CWD-positive animals. Risk of CWD jumping to humans is unknown-- but risk definitely decreased by not eating positive animals!
#CWD prions found in cervid muscles in Norway, highlighting potential risk to people
Previous studies have found North American CWD prion strains in muscles, but this was the first such detection of European strains.
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Photo: Flavio Spugna / Flickr cc
Previous studies have found North American CWD prion strains in muscles, but this was the first such detection of European strains.
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Photo: Flavio Spugna / Flickr cc
January 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Please, please get your deer/elk etc tested for CWD-- and don't eat CWD-positive animals. Risk of CWD jumping to humans is unknown-- but risk definitely decreased by not eating positive animals!
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Crucial new CWD report from CIDRAP
"Concerns about a CWD prion spillover from cervids to other animal species and humans have only continued to grow in importance, and we're simply not prepared should a species jump occur": CIDRAP Director @mtosterholm
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"Concerns about a CWD prion spillover from cervids to other animal species and humans have only continued to grow in importance, and we're simply not prepared should a species jump occur": CIDRAP Director @mtosterholm
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
January 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Crucial new CWD report from CIDRAP
"Concerns about a CWD prion spillover from cervids to other animal species and humans have only continued to grow in importance, and we're simply not prepared should a species jump occur": CIDRAP Director @mtosterholm
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
"Concerns about a CWD prion spillover from cervids to other animal species and humans have only continued to grow in importance, and we're simply not prepared should a species jump occur": CIDRAP Director @mtosterholm
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Wishing all my friends, family and colleagues a happy, healthy and peaceful 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wishing all my friends, family and colleagues a happy, healthy and peaceful 2025!
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Nice paper from the Bartz lab!
Nice paper from the Bartz lab!
Direct prion neuroinvasion following inhalation into the nasal cavity | mSphere
Inhalation of prions into the nasal cavity is thought to be a route of infection in
naturally acquired prion diseases. Experimental studies indicate that inhalation of
prions is up to two orders of ma...
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December 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Nice paper from the Bartz lab!
Nice paper from the Bartz lab!