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For many low-income families, getting formula has always been a strain

Miracle Abbott became pregnant during her junior year at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

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The US is importing baby formula to help end supply shortage – what parents need to know

Industry and federal efforts to alleviate a baby formula shortage in the U.S. are ramping up, with the import of foreign brands supplementing increased domestic production.

The Conversation

As the baby formula crisis worsens, it's also magnifying disparities in the U.S.

Empty store shelves. Frustrated parents. The formula shortage has upended life for millions of families across the nation and magnified longtime disparities in how infants receive nutrition.

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The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding

As parents scramble to find scarce baby formula and the government races to boost production and imports, some advocates say the U.S. should do more to encourage breastfeeding.

WEKU

Baby formula shortage highlights racial disparities

A massive safety recall and supply disruptions have swept many leading formula brands off store shelves

The Independent UK

US safety, savings rules set stage for baby formula shortage

A massive recall is getting most of the blame for the U.S. baby formula shortage, but experts say the products have long been vulnerable to this type of crisis

The Independent UK

Editorial: The shame of America’s baby-formula shortage

When the sudden COVID-19 shutdown caused people to hoard toilet paper, the nation was half amused by the inability to find a roll on any retail shelf.

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GOP blames formula shortage on the poor

The shortage disproportionately impacts families on federal assistance programs like WIC

Salon

Baby formula shortage shows risk of US industry concentration

Formula isn’t just for babies. April Crohare desperately needs it for her 14-year-old son, Charlie. Due to medical complications from a rare brain disorder called lissencephaly, his only source of nutrition comes from infant formula through a feeding tube.

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Senate OKs overhaul of baby formula rules in aid program

The Senate has approved a bill aimed at easing the baby formula shortage for families participating in a government assistance program known as WIC

The Independent UK

Biden uses Defense Production Act to tackle US baby formula crisis

Government aims to speed production after closure of Abbott plant, as experts urge parents not to concoct own alternatives

The Guardian - US

Republicans vote "no" on baby food hike

Nine Republicans vote "no" on bill that would help low-income parents access baby food amid shortage

Salon

Baby formula industry was primed for disaster long before key factory closed down

The conditions that led to a shortage of baby formula were set in motion long before the February 2022 closure of the Similac factory tipped the U.S. into a crisis.

The Conversation

How the U.S. got into this baby formula mess

Just a handful of formula makers dominate the industry so a single plant shutdown can lead to empty shelves.

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Viewpoint 2: Cronyism makes the baby formula shortage worse

Bad policy makes people vulnerable, and the current baby formula shortage is just the latest example. The immediate cause of the shortage was contamination in a Michigan factory, which might not resume production until June. But the underlying cause is a slew of bad policies that make the market less…

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Vulnerable hit hardest by baby formula shortage; Biden invokes Defense Production Act

WASHINGTON — Even as the House passed legislation Wednesday to provide $28 million aimed at helping to ease a baby formula shortage that has sent families scrambling, it also tried to address a second issue: easing the shortage’s impact on low-income families who use the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for…

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Vulnerable hit hardest by baby formula shortage; Biden invokes Defense Production Act

WASHINGTON — Even as the House on Wednesday debated a bill aimed at helping to ease a baby formula crisis that has sent families scrambling, lawmakers are grappling with a second issue: how to ease the shortage’s impact on low-income families that use the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,…

Roll Call

Vulnerable hit hardest by baby formula shortage

Unless the government allows for flexibility, the formula shortage can be particularly hard on families using federal nutrition assistance.

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Despite Congress’ efforts, it’ll take time to refill the baby bottles

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are throwing nearly every tool in their arsenal, including a proposed $28 million in taxpayer dollars, at the baby formula shortage. But it isn’t clear how quickly those solutions will result in cans on grocery store shelves.

Roll Call

Despite Congress’ efforts, it’ll take time to refill the baby bottles - Roll Call

Lawmakers are scrambling to end the formula shortage, but experts say it will be months before families will feel an impact.

Los Angeles Times

As baby formula shortage worsens, families take desperate steps

LOS ANGELES — Like most new moms, 26-year-old Veronica Gutierrez's life revolves around feeding her 3-month-old daughter, Alessandra.

The Independent UK

Baby formula shortage fueling spike in milk bank interest

The U.S. baby formula shortage has sparked a surge of interest among moms who want to donate breast milk to help bridge the supply gap as well as those seeking to keep their babies fed

WEKU

White House bolsters efforts to get baby formula into the hands of WIC recipients

States have been asked to increase accessibility of baby formula for recipients of the low-income program. And the Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to make it easier to import formula.

ABC News

US parents swap and sell baby formula amidst country-wide shortage

A US-wide baby formula shortage forces frenzied parents into online groups to swap and sell to each other to keep their babies fed.

The Independent UK

Biden administration ‘cutting red tape’ to ease baby formula shortage

‘We recognise that this is certainly a challenge for people across the country’

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