Confirming the dangers of drinking raw cow's milk when the H5N1 avian flu virus is circulating in U.S. dairy herds, researchers found that mice fed the ... traces of H5N1 bird flu in nasal swabs ...

Bird flu is so lethal in poultry that more than 160 million birds have been killed during this outbreak ... and 10 months before a raw milk testing program was launched. Today, some states ...

The study shows cats contract bird flu directly by eating infected birds or contaminated raw chicken feed, and indirectly through other mammals—for example, farm cats fed raw milk from infected ...

A raw milk cheese sampling program, with 100% voluntary participation, also showed no bird flu. This winter, the Agency of Agriculture began a new milk sampling program mandated by the USDA to ...

The program, which was initially created in response to the spread of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cattle ... for collecting and sharing raw (unpasteurized) milk samples with the USDA for testing ...

17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against ... this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and ...

That's an advocacy group that touts raw milk as "an alternative to industrial milk." Last April, state agriculture officials found bird flu in a North Carolina dairy herd after four cows that had ...

Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, the Agriculture Department said. Testing will begin in six states — […] ...

"Under the USDA's National Milk Testing Strategy to test raw milk samples for bird flu, the agency has identified at least seven affected states. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration ...

17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against ... this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and ...