{"id":19397,"date":"2026-02-05T17:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/infant-dies-from-listeria-believed-to-be-from-raw-milk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:52:08","slug":"infant-dies-from-listeria-believed-to-be-from-raw-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/infant-dies-from-listeria-believed-to-be-from-raw-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant dies from Listeria believed to be from raw milk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"ArticleContent\">\n<div class=\"article__below-title\">\n<div class=\" article__posted-date\">\n<p>February 05, 2026<\/p>\n<p>2 min read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-trust-box\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 offset-md-1 offset-xl-0 col-xl-12\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n<hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n<hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>\n<span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/><br \/>\nAdd topic to email alerts<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse u51f41212c9a7485db6a0d8353ea3762d\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>\nReceive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\nPlease provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8221; data-action=subscribe&gt;<br \/>\nSubscribe<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\"> <strong>We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><button data-dismiss=\"modal\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block\">Back to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Key takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A newborn died from <i>Listeria<\/i> likely linked to raw milk consumed by the mother during pregnancy.<\/li>\n<li>HHS did not respond to a question about whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still supports the consumption of raw milk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An infant in New Mexico died from <i>Listeria<\/i> that health officials believe was contracted through raw milk.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators could not pinpoint the exact source of the infant\u2019s infection but believe it was from unpasteurized milk consumed by the infant\u2019s mother during pregnancy, according to a press release from the New Mexico Department of Health.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure article__og-image\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/infectious-disease\/misc\/infographics\/2024\/12_december\/rawmilk_adobestock_og.webp?w=476\" media=\"(max-width: 768px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/infectious-disease\/misc\/infographics\/2024\/12_december\/rawmilk_adobestock_og.webp?w=800\" media=\"(max-width: 992px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/infectious-disease\/misc\/infographics\/2024\/12_december\/rawmilk_adobestock_og.webp?w=595\" media=\"(max-width: 1200px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/infectious-disease\/misc\/infographics\/2024\/12_december\/rawmilk_adobestock_og.webp?w=476\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/infectious-disease\/misc\/infographics\/2024\/12_december\/rawmilk_adobestock_og.webp?w=476\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/slack-news\/infectious-disease\/misc\/infographics\/2024\/12_december\/rawmilk_adobestock_og.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"RawMilk_AdobeStock_OG\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\" width=\"800\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">\nA newborn in New Mexico died from Listeria that officials believe came from raw milk their mother drank during pregnancy. <i>Image: Adobe Stock.<\/i><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> <i>Listeria <\/i>is one of many pathogens that can be found in raw milk, along with <i>Campylobacter<\/i><i>, Cryptosporidium, <\/i><i>Escherichia coli<\/i><i>, <\/i><i>Brucella<\/i> and <i>Salmonella<\/i>, according to the CDC. Last year, a child developed symptoms of H5N1 avian influenza after drinking raw milk.<\/p>\n<p> <i>Listeria<\/i> can cause severe illness or death. Even if a pregnant woman only has mild symptoms, <i>Listeria <\/i>can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm birth or death of the infant, according to the press release. <\/p>\n<p>Another serious pathogen found in raw milk is Shiga toxin-producing <i>E. coli<\/i> O157:H7, which is the leading cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome, according to <b>Kirk Smith, DVM, MS, PhD, <\/b>manager of the Foodborne, Waterborne, Vectorborne and Zoonotic Diseases Section and deputy state epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Pregnant women, children aged younger than 5 years, adults aged older than 65 years and people who are immunocompromised have an increased risk for serious illness from these pathogens, Smith told Healio.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, a multistate <i>Salmonella <\/i>outbreak sickened 171 people \u2014 including 120 children \u2014 and led to 22 hospitalizations among people who had consumed raw milk products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaw or unpasteurized milk, no matter how carefully produced, is inherently unsafe,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThe only way to ensure destruction of the harmful bacteria and parasites found in raw milk is through pasteurization, a process that is one of the most important public health advances of the 20th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voiced his support for raw milk, writing on X that the FDA was suppressing \u201cpsychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, hyperbaric therapies &#8230; and anything else that advances human health and can\u2019t be patented by pharma.\u201d Healio reached out to HHS to ask if Kennedy still supports raw milk but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>Smith advises against consuming raw milk and encourages health care providers to discuss the risks with their patients, especially those who are at risk for severe disease.<\/p>\n<h2>For more information:<\/h2>\n<p> <b>Kirk Smith, DVM, MS, PhD,<\/b> can be reached at pediatrics@healio.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content--footer\">\n<div class=\"sources-references-disclosures\">\n<h3>Sources\/Disclosures<\/h3>\n<h2> Source: <\/h2>\n<p class=\"citation\">\nPress Release\n<\/p>\n<h2>Reference:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"disclosures\">\n<p>\n<strong> Disclosures: <\/strong><br \/>\nSmith reports no relevant financial disclosures.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"healio-ai-component-inline\" data-no-ads=\"true\" data-module-track-category=\"Healio AI\" data-module-track-action=\"Click\" data-module-track-label=\"Access Healio Ai from component - News_AI Component - In-Content (all devices)\">\n<div class=\"healio-ai-content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m3.healio.com\/~\/media\/images\/healio-ai\/healio-ai_logo.svg\" alt=\"Healio AI\" class=\"healio-ai-logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask a clinical question<\/strong> and tap into <strong>Healio AI&#8217;s knowledge<\/strong> base.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PubMed, enrolling\/recruiting trials, guidelines<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Guidance, Healio CME, FDA news<\/li>\n<li>Healio&#8217;s exclusive daily news coverage of clinical data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"healio-ai-button\" onclick=\"window.location.href=\" https:=\"\">Learn more<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n<hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n<hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>\n<span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/><br \/>\nAdd topic to email alerts<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse u51f41212c9a7485db6a0d8353ea3762d\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>\nReceive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\nPlease provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8221; data-action=subscribe&gt;<br \/>\nSubscribe<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\"> <strong>We were unable to process your request. 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