CDC: California child sickened by raw milk tests negative for bird flu
Published in Health & Fitness
A California child who became seriously ill after drinking raw milk tested negative for bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.
Health officials in Marin County warned against consuming raw milk products on Tuesday after the child experienced vomiting and high fever after drinking unpasteurized milk and required hospitalization in November.
“The child has recovered, and no other family members became sick, indicating no person-to person transmission,” Marin County Public Health said in a statement.
A different California child became the first confirmed child bird flu case last month, but the source of their infection remains ongoing.
A total of 58 human cases of bird flu have been confirmed this year in multiple states, with 32 reported in California. Most of the confirmed infected people were exposed to infected cattle or chickens, according to CDC data..
No cases have been linked to raw milk, but health officials have stressed that those products could contain illness-causing bacteria not killed by the pasteurization.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered all raw milk in the country to be tested for bird flu last week.
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