There have been no cases of chronic wasting disease in people to date, the CDC says. But it is still investigating the potential risks.

In Reality Check stories, Star-Telegram journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? RealityCheck@star-telegram.com. A group of San Antonio researchers have loosely connected a deer-specific disease to two human fatalities — which,

Two friends who hunted deer together at the same lodge contracted an extremely rare brain disease and died, raising fears that they may have been infected by contaminated venison. A team of neurologists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio presented the case at a conference last week,