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"We're sorry to every family we've let down," wrote CEO Robert Ford. The shuttered plant at the heart of the shortage will reopen in June, but it may take months before production is back to normal.
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President Biden signed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021 on Monday, outlawing the manufacture and sale of crib bumpers and certain inclined infant sleepers.
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Just a handful of formula makers dominate the industry so a single plant shutdown can lead to empty shelves.
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Abbott, one of the largest formula-makers in the U.S., has reached an agreement with the government to bring a closed factory back on line. And the FDA is easing some restrictions on imported formula.
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The state’s poorest mothers are paying hundreds of dollars out of pocket when they find baby formula because they say they can’t risk waiting for the exact brand and size container covered by Texas’ Women, Infant and Children program.
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The average out-of-stock rate for baby formula at retailers across the country was 43% during the first week of May, according to the firm Datasembly.
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The Florida law prohibits teachers from teaching sexual orientation or gender identity to kids below the fourth grade.
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The deadline to apply for the Texas Workforce Commission’s one-year child care subsidy program for those in the service industry is Wednesday.
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January is the first month since July 2021 that more than 36 million families in the U.S. did not receive money from the expanded child tax credit program. For some, the consequences are already dire.
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The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.