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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 08, 2024 | Story by: Editorial Staff

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Gizmodo: Brian 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.