Bird flu and health warnings won’t stop raw milk drinkers getting their fix

Raw milk is on the rise, despite years of warnings and a new outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows.

Since March 25, when the bird flu virus was confirmed in US cattle for the first time, weekly sales of raw cow’s milk have ticked up 21% to as much as 65% compared with the same periods a year ago, according to the market research firm NielsenIQ.

That runs counter to advice from the and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls raw milk one of