raw milk, H5N1 and bird flu virus

H5N1 bird flu virus is infectious in raw milk cheese for months, posing risk to public health, study shows
Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk to public health, according to a new study from researchers at Cornell University that was funded by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Aging might not be enough to eliminate H5N1 viruses in raw-milk cheese
The fairly recent detection of H5N1 avian flu in dairy cattle, however, raises questions about whether the same process can inactive the virus. The answer appears to be no, in most instances, scientists from Cornell University reported today on bioRxiv,
Study finds cheese made with raw milk may contain active bird flu virus
Scientists already discovered that raw milk can harbor the infectious H5N1 bird flu virus, but now there’s a new study on its capabilities that has health officials concerned.
With bird flu in raw milk, many in U.S. still do not know risks of consuming it
Over 4 in 10 Americans do not know that drinking raw milk is less safe than drinking pasterized milk, according to a health survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
New York is testing milk for bird flu, particularly in raw milk
New York is testing its milk for bird flu. While pasteurization kills the virus, there is a growing concern raw milk could be a vector for it.
H5N1 bird flu virus is stable and infectious in raw milk cheese for months, study shows
Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk to public health, according to
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