baby formula

The baby-formula shortage is affecting families all over the country. Now, scammers, who can be very effective when a parent is desperately trying to feed their child, are using it to take advantage of families.

NBC 7 Responds’ Sergio Flores looks at the warning about scams targeting desperate families.

A FedEx plane carrying a second shipment of specialized infant formula arrived at Dulles International Airport on Wednesday.

The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced a congressional grilling over a months-long delay in inspecting the plant at the center of a nationwide 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. 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...

78,000 pounds of baby formula has arrived in the U.S. and another shipment is arriving on Wednesday. And, Pfizer says a three-dose COVID-19 shot protects children under 5. Plus, the average price of a gallon of gas in San Diego County reaches a record $6.03.
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NBC 7’s Audra Stafford shares what’s known so far about the shipment of baby formula making its way to the U.S.

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 baby formula crisis has many parents searching for ways to feed their children. The federal government says help is on the way, but some are turning to Tijuana for an immediate answer.

Baby formula prices have parents searching for ways to feed their kids. NBC 7’s Sergio Flores reports.

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.

President Joe Biden has launched the Defense Production Act to address the baby formula shortage. And, San Diego’s revised budget proposal now tops $5 billion. Plus, its Bike to Work day.
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The bill was passed almost unanimously and is aimed at helping low-income households access baby formula.

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.

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.