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Lawsuits Filed Against Abbott Nutrition Over Infant Formula Contamination

Lawsuit filed against Abbott Nutrition over tainted infant formula linked to baby's death, raising awareness about powdered formula risks.

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After baby's death, Kentucky parents sue infant formula maker at center of 2022 crisis

The parents of Kentucky baby who died last fall after drinking bacteria-tainted infant formula are the latest to sue manufacturer Abbott Nutrition

The Independent UK

FDA took months to react to complaint about Abbott infant formula factory, audit finds

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took 15 months to act on a whistleblower complaint about the Abbott Nutrition factory at the center 2022's nationwide infant formula shortage

The Independent UK

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Am I too old to build muscle? What science says about sarcopenia and building strength later in life

Sarcopenia is the progressive and accelerated loss of muscle mass and strength as we age.

The Conversation

Abbott recalls select baby formula over spoilage concerns

Select Similac products are part of a new recall from Abbott Nutrition.

Axios

The search for scarce formula is worse for rural families on WIC

CANNON FALLS, Minn. — Two months after giving birth, Jennifer Magee noticed a change in her baby’s feeding routine that scared her: She was starting to drink more formula, almost every hour.

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Production at bedeviled baby formula factory halted by storm

Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just restarted

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Olivia Munn reveals she spilled her ‘carefully packed’ baby formula amid nationwide shortage

‘You open your suitcase to find your carefully packed formula has popped open and half of it is now gone’

The Independent UK

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

US company Abbott Nutrition restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination

The company that runs the largest baby formula factory in the US has reopened its plant, but consumers may be waiting months before supply levels return to normal.

ABC News

Australian company to ship baby formula to shortage-hit US

Joe Biden welcomes ‘good news’ as Bubs Australia increases production and reassures local customers

The Guardian - AU

Baby formula shortage will stretch on until late July, FDA chief says

‘My expectation is that within two months we should be beyond normal and with a plethora’

The Independent UK

The FDA Completely Botched Its Response to the Baby Formula Shortage

Plus: Resurrecting an extinct tiger, reviewing the police response to the Uvalde shooting, and more...

Reason

FDA acknowledges slow response, 'suboptimal' decisions leading up to infant formula shortage

WASHINGTON — Sluggish response and questionable decisions by the Food and Drug Administration exacerbated the nation's infant formula shortage, agency officials told lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

FDA mail room ‘failure’ partly to blame for Abbott baby formula fiasco

FDA leadership didn’t ‘receive direct copies of the complaint due to an isolated failure in FDA’s mail room, likely due to COVID-19 staffing issues’

Tribune News Service

Abbott baby formula factory could reopen by next week, FDA head says

An Abbott baby formula plant in Michigan that’s been shut down since February could be up and running as early as next week, the head of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers Thursday.

Al Jazeera

US baby formula crisis: What you need to know

Why is there an infant formula shortage in the US? Who is to blame? And when will parents see relief?

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FDA: Infant formula supply will increase quickly - Roll Call

The Biden administration says it will be 'a few weeks' before the baby food supply around the country is back to normal

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Biden invokes the Defense Production Act for the baby formula shortage

Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly formula supplies that meet federal standards from overseas to the U.S.

The Independent UK

Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage

President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and has authorized flights to import supply from overseas

Axios

House Democrats release $28 million aid bill to address baby formula shortage

The money is intended to help the FDA prepare for potential future shortages.

The Independent UK

Abbott Nutrition strikes deal with FDA to restart factory linked to baby formula shortage

Shelves across US now empty of essential product

The Independent UK

North Korea boasts of its own baby formula as US continues to face severe shortage

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has blamed the shortage on Abbott Nutrition

Benzinga

Bette Midler Panned For Breastfeeding Remark In Wake Of Baby Formula Shortage

Singer and actress Bette Midler received a round of boos on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) after volunteering the idea that American women impacted by the ongoing baby formula shortage turn to breastfeeding.

The Independent UK

GOP's new midterm attack: Blaming Biden for formula shortage

The nationwide shortage of baby formula is quickly becoming the GOP's latest election-year attack on President Joe Biden

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