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 ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recently become less vocal in his support of raw dairy as a bill to loosen restrictions in Illinois ...

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. a farmer pouring milk into a metal canister with a cow in the background - Simonskafar/Getty Images There's been a lot of talk in ...

Now that avian influenza is circulating among dairy cattle in at least 12 states in the U.S. and has infected three dairy workers, health experts are keeping a close eye on whether people can be ...

See note on correction at bottom. From “down under” comes news that is said to be the biggest breakthrough in dairy safety since pasteurization. It has been accepted as “an alternative treatment to ...

Extensive testing of pasteurized commercially purchased milk and other dairy products from 38 states has found no evidence of live H5N1 bird flu virus, Food and Drug Administration officials said at a ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. Allison Elyse Gualtieri is a Senior News Editor for CBSNews.com, ...

The push for raw milk is based on deeply flawed arguments. Michigan has a ban on raw milk sales and limits legal sales for a ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Cooling and pasteurization are critical aspects of milk quality and safety, and because of strict sanitary control points from farm to table, milk is rarely in the news as a food ...