Officials Worry About CWD Transmission in Humans

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Recent occurrences of a fatal brain disease in Wisconsin hunters have Dane County officials worried about a possible link to Chronic Wasting Disease. That’s why they’re asking the State Department of Health and Family Services to start recording instances of the human illness. Jennifer Garrett reports.

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