/bent-out-of-shape Chronic wasting disease is crippling deer populations in the Mountain West, around the country and in bordering Canadian provinces. From the Mountain West News Bureau and published in collaboration with High Country News, this four-part special report examines the disease's origins and impact, and a global effort to stop it from spreading. en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:21:51 GMT /environment/2019-12-19/how-might-wolves-in-colorado-affect-chronic-wasting-disease Colorado's poised to put the question of wolf reintroduction on the November ballot. One unanswered question is how the predators might affect the spread… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:21:51 GMT /environment/2019-12-19/how-might-wolves-in-colorado-affect-chronic-wasting-disease Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-06-13/new-research-on-chronic-wasting-disease-reiterates-its-potential-to-jump-to-other-species A neurodegenerative illness called chronic wasting disease is spreading among deer and elk in our region. Now, researchers at Colorado State University… Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:40:03 GMT /science/2019-06-13/new-research-on-chronic-wasting-disease-reiterates-its-potential-to-jump-to-other-species Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-25/bent-out-of-shape-part-4-the-next-mad-cow-disease Michael Osterholm is worried. He directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. He's also serving a… Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /science/2019-04-25/bent-out-of-shape-part-4-the-next-mad-cow-disease Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-24/bent-out-of-shape-part-3-a-complicated-turn-of-events Researchers first identified chronic wasting disease way back in the 1960s. Soon after, Michael Miller got sucked into working on it."Yeah, sucked into it… Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /science/2019-04-24/bent-out-of-shape-part-3-a-complicated-turn-of-events Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-23/bent-out-of-shape-part-2-an-animal-epidemic-goes-global The question of where chronic wasting disease came from reopened in the spring of 2016.Roy Andersen was monitoring reindeer in Norway. He’s a research… Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:00:00 GMT /science/2019-04-23/bent-out-of-shape-part-2-an-animal-epidemic-goes-global Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-22/bent-out-of-shape-part-1-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic Heather Swanson and Ryan Prioreschi monitor wildlife with the City of Boulder. They're standing in knee-high golden grass on a slope where the Rocky… Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:47:42 GMT /science/2019-04-22/bent-out-of-shape-part-1-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-04-08/bent-out-of-shape-could-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic-become-the-next-mad-cow Chronic wasting disease is crippling deer populations in the Mountain West, around the country and in bordering Canadian provinces. It's not a bacterium… Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:04:08 GMT /science/2019-04-08/bent-out-of-shape-could-a-mysterious-animal-epidemic-become-the-next-mad-cow Rae Ellen Bichell