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Stocks fall as borrowing costs hit 28-year high

The higher oil price fuelled fears of rising inflation, putting pressure on global bond yields.

Evening Standard · Sep 1

Infant Formula Makers Were Required to Tell the FDA When Babies Died — Records Show They Never Did

KFF Health News found the FDA received zero formula maker death notifications going back to 2000. Abbott's expert testified it never reported a single death for preterm formula.

Medical Daily · Jul 4

Premature Infants in NICUs Face a Higher Risk of NEC from Formula, Experts Warn

If your premature baby is in the NICU on cow's milk formula, ask about NEC risk now. Here are the specific questions to ask your neonatologist and what the evidence shows.

Medical Daily · Jul 3

U.S. govt protected baby formula makers

The U.S. government repeatedly used its muscle to advance the interests of large baby formula companies

Salon · Mar 23, 2024

Reckitt Benckiser: how one terrible deal wrecked the company

Takeover of baby formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition could lead to billions in damages payouts

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

Baby formula makers tell Biden they knew shortages would be dire

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden defended his administration’s response to a national baby formula shortage, saying he acted as soon he became aware of the crisis in April — even as manufacturers told him Wednesday they saw it coming months earlier.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Baby formula shortage shows risk of US industry concentration

Formula isn’t just for babies. April Crohare desperately needs it for her 14-year-old son, Charlie. Due to medical complications from a rare brain disorder called lissencephaly, his only source of nutrition comes from infant formula through a feeding tube.

Tribune News Service · May 20, 2022