NIH study finds H5N1 bird flu survives pasteurization in lab tests amid dairy cattle outbreak.
A study from the National Institutes of Health found that a small amount of the H5N1 bird flu virus survived a common pasteurization method in lab tests. While not the same as finding infectious H5N1 in grocery store milk, the discovery comes amid an ongoing outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cattle across multiple states. The researchers emphasize this finding is from a laboratory setting and not representative of industrial pasteurization processes.
June 14, 2024
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