Bird Flu Is Spreading to More Farm Animals—Are Milk and Eggs Safe?

Bird Flu Is Spreading to More Farm Animals—Are Milk and Eggs Safe?
A line of Holstein dairy cows feed through a fence at a dairy farm in Idaho on March 11, 2009. Charlie Litchfield/AP Photo
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A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens.

Health officials stress that the risk to the public is low and that the U.S. food supply remains safe and stable.