Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. A "small but detectable quantity" of infectious H5N1 bird flu virus was ...

The discovery of bird flu virus particles in the commercial milk supply has reignited public interest in the century-long debate over pasteurizing milk. Sales of raw milk, or milk that has not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal and state officials say pasteurized milk available in grocery stores is safe from bird flu but caution that raw milk is ...

Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available, even as a new outbreak sickens U.S. children.

These days, there’s a lot of talk about milk pasteurization. As the controversial consumption of raw milk is increasingly garnering attention, I became curious about pasteurization in general. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fans of raw milk say it's great for everything from skin to digestion, but doctors are still warning that unpastuerized dairy has ...

Researchers surveyed more than 16,000 people and found growing confusion around food safety, nutrition, and online health ...

Raw milk has become one of those foods that can turn a simple grocery conversation into a miniature culture war. To fans, it represents tradition, natural living, small farms, and a return to food ...

Milk contains many bacteria and other microbes. That’s because all animals, even healthy ones, carry bacteria and can pass them into their milk. Some of these microbes can cause dangerous diseases. To ...

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Cytomegalovirus Short-term pasteurization of breast milk may reduce the incidence of postnatally acquired cytomegalovirus infection through breast milk. Short-term pasteurization of breast milk may ...