Pasteurization is the process that rids milk of bacteria. But more people are opting for unpasteurized milk, also known as ...

DATCP and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) animal health officials are responding jointly to the outbreak. Poultry and ...

Although some fans claim there are nutritional benefits to drinking raw milk, health experts say any purported benefits do ...

Cows don’t typically get the flu. The recent H5N1 flu outbreak in U.S. dairy herds is a wake-up call, not just about the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom President-elect Donald Trump has said he will nominate to head the Department of Health and Human Services, has asserted that raw milk “advances human health,” contrary to ...

Bird flu (H5N1) is a strain of influenza virus that mainly affects birds. However, humans can be infected in a variety of ways, including through close contact with infected cattle or birds and from ...

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced a significant new directive aimed at combating avian influenza in dairy cattle through a rigorous raw milk testing regimen. This ...

California public health officials warned the public Sunday not to drink a single batch of raw milk produced by a Fresno dairy farm after it was found to have been contaminated with the H5N1, or bird ...

Drinking or accidentally inhaling raw milk tainted with the bird flu virus can cause illness ... by the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System. The Santa Clara County Public ...