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“It affects about 10 percent of lactating individuals,” says Sawhne.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026

Websites like Only the Breast — a platform where lactating mothers can sell or donate their milk to consumers — and Sell.com are filled with classified advertisements for fresh milk.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

“This is why we have opened the pathway to vaccine field trials even as we continue to deploy all available efforts, including emphasizing biosecurity and mandating the testing lactating dairy cattle moving across state lines.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

The appearance of the virus in mammary glands — in cattle and even in non lactating mice — was also unexpected.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

In September, 15 of 34 females were pregnant or lactating, whereas in October only two out of 15 females of P. maniculatus were reproducing.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.