A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child’s mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health officials said.

New Mexico officials this week warned people to avoid consuming unpasteurized dairy products following the death. Interest in and sales of raw milk have been rising in recent years, fueled by social media and growing support from the Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement.

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    13 hours ago

    Fair points all around.

    I imagine most don’t even know what pasteurizing even means. They’re just consuming algorithmically-elevated content with words that health grifters influencers think will scare them into clicks and engagement.