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Drinking Pasteurized Milk is ‘Always’ Recommended, Says WHO; Calls for Better Tracking of Avian Flu in Animals
Outbreaks 28/11/2024 • Elaine Ruth Fletcher
“Much stronger surveillance” of deadly H5N1 and other Avian influenza strains in both domestic and wild animals is needed both in The United States as well as globally so as to head off pandemic risks from variants that could mutate to infect humans more directly.
A senior World Health Organization official, Dr Maria Van Kerkkove, issued the appeal at a WHO press briefing on Thursday. She also said that WHO ‘always’ recommends drinking pasteurized, instead of raw, milk – due to the risks of contamination by a number of pathogens, including H5N1....
Drinking Pasteurized Milk is ‘Always’ Recommended, Says WHO; Calls for Better Tracking of Avian Flu in Animals
Outbreaks 28/11/2024 • Elaine Ruth Fletcher
“Much stronger surveillance” of deadly H5N1 and other Avian influenza strains in both domestic and wild animals is needed both in The United States as well as globally so as to head off pandemic risks from variants that could mutate to infect humans more directly.
A senior World Health Organization official, Dr Maria Van Kerkkove, issued the appeal at a WHO press briefing on Thursday. She also said that WHO ‘always’ recommends drinking pasteurized, instead of raw, milk – due to the risks of contamination by a number of pathogens, including H5N1....