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‘Look at the Shelves': Video Shows Tense Baby Formula Confrontation at Mass. Mall
The video shows almost completely empty shelves at a store and a shopping cart full of what appears to be a few dozen bottles of formula.
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Senate Passes Bill to Improve Baby Formula Access for Low-Income Families
The bill was passed almost unanimously and is aimed at helping low-income households access baby formula.
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Biden Rolls Out 2-Part Strategy to Address Formula Shortages
The Biden Administration announced Wednesday that it is rolling out a two-part strategy to address the nationwide infant formula shortage, including an invocation of the Defense Production Act.
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Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Address Nationwide Shortage of Baby Formula
President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country’s largest formula manufacturing plant. The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill orders...
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Scammers Are Taking Advantage of a Baby Formula Shortage, Federal Trade Commission Warns
Parents and caregivers are paying exorbitant prices for baby formula that never arrives, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
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House Democrats to Hold Hearings on Baby Formula Crisis, Introduce Bill to Beef Up FDA Inspections
The House will hold hearings on the U.S. baby formula shortage after the closure of an Abbott Nutrition plant sent parents scrambling.
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Abbott, FDA Reach Deal to Reopen Baby Formula Plant Amid Shortage
The FDA announced steps Monday to ease a nationwide shortage of baby formula, including reopening the largest domestic manufacturing plant and increasing imports from overseas.
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Swampscott Woman Creates Baby Formula Exchange
Keiko Zoll, from Swampscott, Massachusetts, created the website “Free Formula Exchange,” which connects people who need baby formula with those who have it.
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Mass. Woman Creates Website to Help Parents Amid Nationwide Baby Formula Shortage
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…
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Watch: President Biden Addresses Baby Formula Shortage
President Biden talked about the steps his administration is taking to ease the pain for families struggling with a nationwide baby formula shortage
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Why It's Not Safe to Make Your Own Baby Formula
Doctors are cautioning against homemade baby formulas amid the nationwide shortage.
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Baby Formula Scam Warning Amid Ongoing 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.
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As Baby Formula Shortage Continues, Federal Agencies Issue Warnings
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.”...
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Biden Rolls Out Plan to Alleviate Baby Formula Shortage
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.
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Fact Check: Baby Formula Shortage Fuels Misleading Partisan Claims
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...
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Breast Milk Banks Face Surge in Calls From Parents Amid Baby Formula Shortage
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.
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Baby Formula Shortage Could Last Months
As of last week, stores across the country had only 43% of the baby formula they normally stock.
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Warnings Issued Amid Shortage of Baby Formula
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.
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U.S. to Boost Baby Formula Imports to Ease Nationwide Shortage After Abbott Nutrition Recall
During the first week of May, 43% of baby formula supplies were out of stock at stores across the U.S., according to Datasembly.