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WILL MILK MAKE YOU SICK?

Monday, April 29, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we look at America’s threatened milk supply, discover ‘climate havens,’ question if treasure hunters can keep ancient artifacts, meet a warrior queen who stood against the British … and ask whether vitamin D can help fight cancer. Plus, was King Richard III a killer?

A colorized, microscopic view of H5N1 bird flu particles, which appear as red rods encapsulated by a yellow glow.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CDC AND NIAID/ SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Before now, the bird flu (pictured above, avian influenza particles) never had jumped from poultry to U.S. dairy cows, never had its particles shown up in milk—much less in 1 of 5 samples of U.S. milk production. Though authorities have said there are not enough particles in the milk to get you sick, public health officials are concerned.

Transmission to humans is rare, but half of those known to have gotten it have died. “Now that it’s in America,” says one virologist, “it's found a lot of new hosts—in the form of cattle—and is wreaking havoc.”

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Related: Bird flu is spreading from pole to pole. Here’s why it matters .
Also: With so many variants, what is milk anyway?

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

A drawing of a woman on horseback with a sword

ALAMY/ACI

India’s warrior queen (depicted above) who fought against the British—and became an icon for freedom

U.K. treasure hunters are finding a record number of ancient artifacts—but who gets to keep them?

Is vitamin D a clue to fighting cancer?

Did Richard III kill the young Princes in the Tower?

In the shadows: How secret societies like the Freemasons changed the world

Not an extrovert or introvert? There’s a word for that.

Here’s a better way to dispose of used cooking oil

How magnesium affects your sleep and anxiety

A shipwreck reveals how society’s upper echelon lived in the 17th century

Not jelly? A short, sweet history of jam

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

The Mark W Barker coming into Sturgeon Bay through the shipping canal.

PHOTOGRAPH BY LUKE COLLINS

Hello Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toronto! If a single cargo ship (pictured above) can carry enough goods to replace nearly 3,000 semitrucks, wouldn't a Great Lakes shipping boom sharply cut North America’s emissions?

NORTH TO OUR FUTURE

Related: These cities are becoming ‘climate havens’

Today’s soundtrack: Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk, Rufus Wainwright

Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Nishita Naga, Nancy San Martín, and David Beard. Let us know if you have any suggestions for us.

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