baby formula

Under fire from parents and politicians, President Joe Biden’s administration announced steps Monday to ease a nationwide shortage of baby formula, including reopening the largest domestic manufacturing plant and increasing imports from overseas. The Food and Drug Administration said it was streamlining its review process to make it easier for foreign manufacturers to begin shipping more formula into the...

After alarming warnings that a baby formula shortage could last through the year, a local woman is stepping in to help parents. Keiko Zoll, from Swampscott, Massachusetts, created the website “Free Formula Exchange,” which connects people who need baby formula with those who have it. The communications professional says she wanted to do something to help and she knows the…

President Biden talked about the steps his administration is taking to ease the pain for families struggling with a nationwide baby formula shortage

Doctors are cautioning against homemade baby formulas amid the nationwide shortage.

The lack of baby formula isn’t the only thing parents have to worry about. The shortage has whipped up a slew of scams, as well.

The nationwide baby formula shortage has parents scrambling to find food for their infants, and federal agencies are warning about potential scams and harmful backup options. The shortage is hard enough on parents, and it’s colliding with raging inflation. “I went to three different Targets,” said new dad Bobby Singleton. “I went to Walgreens down the street, a CVS.”...

President Joe Biden spoke Friday to confirm steps being taken by the FDA and HHS to alleviate shortages in baby formula, including loosening the brand eligibility for WIC programs and a platform to help parents find specific products.

Quick Take A shortage of baby formula has provoked misleading partisan claims that suggest President Joe Biden is responsible for the “bare shelves.” But the shortage has been caused by a recall and plant shutdown by a major manufacturer and ongoing supply-chain issues due to the pandemic. Full Story Baby formula has become increasingly unavailable in the U.S. over the last 10 months, reaching an out-of-stock...

Accredited milk banks carefully screen donors through a verbal questionnaire, written clearance from a physician and a blood test, and the milk they donate is tested and pasteurized.

As of last week, stores across the country had only 43% of the baby formula they normally stock.

The nationwide baby formula shortage has parent scrambling to find food for their infants, and federal agencies are warning about potential scams and harmful backup options.

During the first week of May, 43% of baby formula supplies were out of stock at stores across the U.S., according to Datasembly.

Many parents are hunting for infant formula after a combination of short- and long-term problems hit most of the biggest U.S. brands. Millions of babies in the U.S. rely on formula, which is the only source of nutrition recommended for infants who aren’t exclusively breastfed. Here’s a look at what’s behind the problem and what parents can do: Ongoing...

After ordering Abbott’s Michigan plant to close due to contamination concerns following a nationwide recall of baby formula, the FDA said the company can release some specialty formulas “on a case-by-case basis”

Amid a nationwide shortage of baby formula, the FDA says it will allow some products to be be released from the shuttered abbott facility in Michigan for emergency cases.

The shutdown of a baby formula plant in Michigan, amid a federal investigation into rare bacterial infections the FDA says might have contributed to the deaths of two young children who consumed product from the facility, is continuing to cause consumer headaches around the nation. New mom Ashley Bartley of Vermont is one of countless parents still struggling with the...

Experts warn that it is not safe to water down formula or switch to something like cow’s milk to supplement.

Ongoing supply-chain issues were exacerbated by a massive nationwide recall of baby formula produced at an Abbott Labs facility in Sturgis, Michigan.

Retailers CVS and Walgreens announce they are setting limits on the number of baby formula products customers can purchase as the U.S. faces an ongoing baby formula shortage.

As parents face limits on how much baby formula they can buy in many drug stores or grocery stores due to prolonged product shortages, retail groups are now urging consumers to not hoard formula. “Please only buy what you need for the next two weeks, with the understanding that if you buy more, it stresses the system even more,” Erin…