A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza that’s been decimating wild and captive flocks of birds since 2020 has spread among US dairy cows — and has infected one person in Texas exposed to the sick animals.
Traces of the virus were found in about 20% of commercial milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3400398Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-355a-d4b6-a98f-f57f71e10000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Food and Drug Administration-bsp-bb-link> said April 25.
Health authorities say that pasteurization — which kills viruses though some inactivated particles may remain — is effective in keeping the commercial milk supply safe and that the overall risk to humans remains low.
They aren’t ...
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza that’s been decimating wild and captive flocks of birds since 2020 has spread among US dairy cows — and has infected one person in Texas exposed to the sick animals. Traces of the virus were found in about 20% of commercial milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3400398Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-355a-d4b6-a98f-f57f71e10000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Food and Drug Administration-bsp-bb-link> said April 25. Health authorities say that pasteurization — which kills viruses though some inactivated particles may remain — is effective in keeping the commercial milk supply safe and that the overall risk to humans remains low. They aren’t ...
