Shipments of infant formula from Australia and the U.K. are expected to arrive in the United States next week as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing effort to ease a nationwide shortage of formula. Under the Operation Fly Formula program, 2 million cans of Kendamil infant formula from the U.K. are to begin arriving on… read on > read on >
If you’re having trouble finding infant formula for your baby due to the nationwide shortage, do not turn to homemade recipes, an expert warns. “Even the best intentions can have devastating results,” said Dr. Diane Calello, a pediatrician and director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center based at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in… read on > read on >
Fresh, organic strawberries may be linked to a hepatitis A outbreak that’s affected 17 people in three states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. The 15 cases in California, and single cases in both Minnesota and North Dakota, have been connected with FreshKampo or HEB brand organic strawberries, according to a news release from… read on > read on >
Beginning June 4, Abbott Nutrition will restart producing baby formula at a shuttered factory that’s been central to the ongoing shortage of infant formula in the United States, the company announced on Tuesday. The factory in Sturgis, Mich., has been closed since February for what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called “insanitary conditions.” In… read on > read on >
COVID-19 can make a comeback after an infected person has gone through a round of Paxlovid, the antiviral used to minimize a bout with the coronavirus, according to an advisory issued Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Recent case reports document that some patients with normal immune response who have completed… read on > read on >
A genetically engineered tomato could one day rival salmon as a dietary source of vitamin D, if early research pans out. British scientists used gene “editing” to produce the tomato, which is chock full of provitamin D3, a precursor that the body can convert into vitamin D. The gene tweak targeted an enzyme in tomatoes… read on > read on >
Add a lower risk of Crohn’s disease to the many benefits of having a dog during childhood, a new study suggests. Sorry, cat lovers, researchers didn’t find a similar benefit for you. “We did not see the same results with cats, though we are still trying to determine why,” said senior author Williams Turpin, a… read on > read on >
A 35-ton shipment of hypoallergenic baby formula from Switzerland arrived in the United States on Sunday, the first delivery in what the Biden administration is calling “Operation Fly Formula” to deal with a nationwide shortage. The 132 pallets of formula arrived in Indianapolis on a military C-17 cargo plane from Germany, and will be fed… read on > read on >
Some lots of Jif brand peanut butter are being recalled as health officials investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella illness tied to the products. Fourteen illnesses (including two hospitalizations) tied to the Salmonella Senftenberg strain of the bacteria have occurred in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia… read on > read on >
The anti-inflammatory benefits of a common gout medicine may help save the lives of heart failure patients, researchers say. The medication, colchicine, could also reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients whose arteries are clogged with cholesterol, according to the study authors. “The signal for benefit with colchicine in these patients was… read on > read on >
