Disease found in some Ohio deer isn’t known to affect humans but is spreading and taking a toll on herd

It’s a bad sign when you see a skinny, stumbling, drooling deer in Ohio.

The white-tailed deer likely has something called chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness for which there is no vaccine and no cure, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

There are no known cases in humans, but the disease is known to affect caribou, deer, elk and moose, and it has been found in animals in at least 35 states…

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