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Tag: population and demography

FDA Announces It Will Ease Importation of Certain Infant Formulas to Alleviate Shortage | CNN Politics

CNN — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday it was making it easier to import certain infant formula as it works to address a nationwide shortage. The United States typically produces 98% of the infant formula it uses, with imported formula coming mainly from Mexico, Ireland and the Netherlands, the agency said in […]

May 16, 2022
Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket was a racist hate crime, police say | CNN

CNN — A mass shooting at a supermarket in a black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, on Saturday was a racist hate crime and will be prosecuted as such, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Sunday. “The evidence we have uncovered so far leaves no doubt that this is an absolute racist hate crime. It […]

May 15, 2022
These families buy about half of the infant formula in the whole country. Here’s how the Biden administration is trying to help them | CNN Politics

CNN — The Biden administration is seeking to make it easier for low-income families to purchase any infant formula available on store shelves amid a national shortage. In the United States, about half of infant formula is purchased by those using federal WIC benefits, which allows them to get the formula for free, but limits […]

May 14, 2022