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Constraints imposed by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC, that prevent recipients from using benefits to buy formula across state lines weigh on families as the nationwide formula shortage drags on.

The Biden administration is trying to help foreign manufacturers stay in the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry amid a nationwide shortage.

Abbott says it needs to assess damage and resanitize the factory after severe thunderstorms and heavy rains swept through southwestern Michigan late Monday.

U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but they did not inspect any of the three biggest manufacturers in 2020, according to federal records reviewed by AP.

Company executives told the president they knew almost immediately the substantial impact that the shutdown of a major production plant in February would have on the U.S. supply.

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.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approved a plan that will extend care through Florida’s Medicaid program for women after they have babies.

The first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage landed in Indianapolis with enough formula for more than a half-million bottles.

The Mother’s Milk Bank of Florida has gone from receiving a dozen calls a week to a dozen calls a day.

At the Central Florida Diaper Bank in Winter Garden, Sharon Lyles has a front-row seat to the baby formula shortage, especially as it affects low-income parents in Orange County.