As the world creeps closer to a bird flu pandemic, fears over transmission to humans grow. Could infected raw milk spread the virus to consumers?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports transmission of avian flu can occur from contact with milk from infected cows; eating, drinking or inhaling droplets contaminated with live ...

Credit: CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The ... cattle and may be able to sicken people who ...

Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and resulted in the culling of millions of birds ...

In February 2024, dairy farmers in Texas began noticing their cows were producing less milk and that the milk was discoloured ...

"The deaths in farm cats from avian flu have been associated with raw milk consumption from infected cows. Pasteurized milk is safe." The CDC’s web page on food safety and bird flu notes that ...

Minnesota officials have quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after milk ... Does bird flu spread from dairy cows to humans? In April 2024, the CDC confirmed a person was infected with bird ...

There are strains of bird flu that affect cattle and may be able to sicken people who drink raw milk from infected cows. Person-to-person transmission of bird flu has historically been reported in ...

no person-to-person spread of avian flu H5N1 virus has occurred, however 70 people in the US have become infected from live poultry, cattle or milk directly from the milking process. With dairy ...

Infected raw milk could be a "tenable transmission route" of bird flu to humans, according to a new report by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). It comes as a case of H5N1 avian flu was ...

State health leaders announced Monday that a Stearns County dairy farm is under quarantine for bird flu after milk testing detected ... indicating it's no longer infected," according to a news ...

The first bird flu detection in Minnesota livestock ... The Stearns County herd will be quarantined until testing indicates the milk is no longer infected. Dairy farms are always required to ...