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Neurology's Brian Appleby shares skepticism following a report that two hunters died of chronic wasting disease after eating contaminated deer meat

MEDIA | July 8, 2024
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

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GizmodoBrian Appleby, professor of neurology and the director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center at the School of Medicine, shared skepticism following a report that two hunters died of chronic wasting disease after eating contaminated deer meat.