Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the ...

Consumers are clear in this new survey that they do not want to consume cow’s milk affected by bird flu virus, even if the ...

Health authorities need to be concerned about bird flu, but the risk to the public is low. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr ...

In 1987, a new FDA regulation formally prohibited the interstate sale of raw milk. In the wake of the agency’s action, the ...

Dairy cows crowd a fence waiting to be milked in Ridgeway, Minn., in April 2024. Samples from each of Minnesota's 1,625 ...

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

Are eggs safe to eat amid the current avian flu outbreak? Have people in the U.S. contracted bird flu? We VERIFY the answers to common questions.

Growing concerns over pet food safety A surge in H5N1 virus cases among pets, particularly cats, has raised alarms about raw ...

Massachusetts officials announced Wednesday that bird flu is now considered to be “widespread” in the state and urged the ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture hopes to roll out testing of raw milk on dairy farms in February as the USDA works to ...