Baby Formula Shortage

The head of the Food and Drug Administration is testifying about a series of setbacks that led to a months-long delay in inspecting the plant at the center of a nationwide baby formula shortage. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf is facing questions Wednesday from House lawmakers probing the formula shortage. Califf testified that a COVID-19 outbreak at Abbott’s formula plant led...

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. They point to decades-old policies that have allowed a handful of companies to corner the market. Safety and manufacturing rules imposed by U.S. regulators make it hard for smaller companies to...

The federally run Women, Infants and Children nutrition assistance program (WIC) covers about half the babies in the U.S., but has restrictions on the brands and types of formula available and the stores where aid recipients can shop. The formula shortage and shutdown of the Abbott plant put a strain on families on WIC, says author and childcare policy commentator...

As families wait for an end to the nationwide baby formula shortage, one North Texas mom has turned to social media to ease their stress.

As families wait for an end to the nationwide baby formula shortage, one North Texas mom has turned to social media to ease their stress.

The first shipment, carrying 78,000 pounds of specialty infant formula, arrived Sunday.

A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis. It’s the first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed their children. President Joe Biden authorized the use of Air Force planes for the effort, dubbed...

The first shipment of baby formula being sent to the U.S. from Europe arrived at an airbase in Germany Saturday.

The first flights of infant formula from Europe, authorized by President Joe Biden to relieve a deepening U.S. shortage, will arrive in Indiana aboard military aircraft this weekend, the White House announced Friday.

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.

Teens with complex medical conditions often need formula to avoid becoming malnourished. With the shortage, many families can’t find enough.

The nationwide shortage is largely tied to Abbott Nutrition’s Michigan formula plant, the largest in the U.S., which has been closed since February due to contamination problems.

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, the largest pediatric hospital in the country, is sharing new insights and separating facts from fiction about the baby formula shortage.

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.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden sent a letter to Abbott CEO Robert Ford requesting information on the company’s tax practices and $8 billion stock buybacks the company has authorized since 2019. Wyden also requested information on how much money Abbott spent to upgrade an infant formula plant Michigan prior to its closure due to bacterial contamination. The plant closure…

In a Zoom chat, Dr. Stan Spinner and Dr. Amy Hair, with Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, separate fact from fiction about the baby formula shortage and what parents in need can do to make sure their child’s needs are being met.

Parents and caregivers are paying exorbitant prices for baby formula that never arrives, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston says they will share new insight and separate facts from fiction for parents about the baby formula shortage.

Megan Rodriguez, a neonatal registered dietitian, discusses what parents can do to navigate the ongoing nationwide shortage of baby formula.