baby formula

Escalator problems at the Fort Washington and 181st Street station along the A line are making riders climb up and down the equivalent of 10 flights of stairs in or to get to and from their trains.

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.

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...

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

Amid a nationwide infant formula shortage, Gov. Phil Murphy has taken action to make sure price gouging doesn’t take place. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports.

The House will hold hearings on the U.S. baby formula shortage after the closure of an Abbott Nutrition plant sent parents scrambling.

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.

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.

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.

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...

As families with young children continue to grapple with the struggles that have arisen from the nationwide baby formula shortages, the New York attorney general is warning about the potential for price gouging.

Parents on Long Island are helping others indeed of baby formula by donating supply they don’t currently need. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

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.

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.