CDC Issues Advisory on Raw Milk After Bird Flu Case Reported

The CDC was responding to a single human case of H5N1 avian influenza in Texas.
CDC Issues Advisory on Raw Milk After Bird Flu Case Reported
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised Americans to be wary of drinking raw milk that is “contaminated by birds or other animals with confirmed or suspected” bird flu infections.

The agency, in a statement this week, was responding to a rare human case of H5N1 avian influenza reported in a person at a Texas dairy farm who was presumed to have been infected by sick cattle.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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