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Unveiling H5N1: Comparative Risks of Raw Milk and Airborne Transmission


Researchers have found that the H5N1 virus, while capable of making mice and ferrets sick from infected cow’s milk, shows limited ability to spread through the air among ferrets. This suggests that while there's a real risk to humans exposed to raw milk, airborne transmission among humans might b

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