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As long as the baby is on other foods, as long as the baby gets iron fortification. i think parents should, first of all, not be trying to make their own formulas from homemade mixes they see on the internet and they should not be using unauthorized imported formulas. hang in there. i think the white house is going to fix this promptly. it will be a few weeks before we see formula back on the shelves. in the meantime, we need to investigate why this happened in the first place and make sure pare...

They are heroes. they are fielding calls to help families make decisions. we have 5,000 infants across the country that are -- have rare diseases that depend on many of the formulas for their life-sustaining measures. thats an even more difficult challenge for the administration. so much of this is local. supply is local. the administration is trying to blanket that. we will have to watch carefully. fly formula, defense production act, that needs to translate to formula with instructions in the ...

Weeks or maybe longer before we really put an end to this shortage. jim? >> yeah. lots of structural issues to address as well, elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. joining me to discuss is an emergency medicine physician and the chief of pediatrics at beaumont hospital in southeast michigan. good to have you on this morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> so first lets talk about the health effects of this. you heard elizabeth cohen there talking in particular about children that had s...

Its the local mom and pop shop, whether its the big box store, shipments come on different days and its hard to predict when theyre going to get those shipments but most people are able to find at least something that they can feed their baby and i want to remind everybody that if you can get your hands on that can, and its produced in america, its fda approved. it is safe. its effective. it has all the nutrients that your baby needs for that time, so keep searching, keep looking, and we know it...

Give us a sense of when it could reopen? but what should people be doing right now, and what more can the administration, perhaps, do to help? >> well, some of us are introducing a bill thats going to invoke the defense supply act because we do believe that this is a crisis. and we need to move everything we can to get going. as that abbott plant reopens, theres some disturbing reports that bring the inspector generals report. we want to make sure theres independent safety inspectors ensuring th...

While all this plays out, it is the parents who are left scrambling. so why? well, it comes down to the fact that just four companies control about 90% of the u.s. market for baby formula. abbott is the largest with nearly 42% of the market share last year, and in about half of the states, it also has exclusive provider contracts with wic, the nutrition program for low income families. on top of that, 98% of infant formula in the u.s. is made here, in this country, and there is stringent guideli...

Nbcs jo ling kent joins me. >> reporter: a glimmer of hope for parents desperate for baby formula. >> you go store to store and usually theres nothing there. >> reporter: the fda striking an agreement with the formula manufacturer abbott on new steps to reopen the companys critical michigan facility. the company initiated a recall and closed the plant in february after reports of serious bacterial infections in four infants, leading to two deaths. abbott has said there is no evidence to link its...

Orally. they needed iv hydration. >> reporter: doctors say the toddler and preschooler from two different families needed that special type of formula because of intestinal conditions. both kids had an adverse reaction to a non-abbott brand and blend. the hospital has run out of the formula they need, so they are treating one patient with fluids. the other patient was released after doctors adapted a formula designed for adults. >> we had to take a formula thats not really, you know, designed fo...

Production of formula at that plant in michigan to try to ease the shortage nationwide. joining us now, business and tech correspondent jo ling kent. families will have to wait up to 10 weeks for new formula to hit the shelves? >> yeah, that sound in your voice rae reflects what so many parents are feeling across the country. it will take a while. according to the justice department, abbott has to overhaul its safety protocols before production can restart at that plant. a be bottom has to -- ab...

Americans for power or control. do they help black americans? look at the crime. people are wise to it and of blacks in browns leaving the democratic party and what theyre trying to do now is still whatever kit they can to create a new base because most people want liberty and freedom. the democratic elite want that control over peoples lives. >> baby formula manufacturer as a lever reaching an agreement with the fda to reopen its shutter plant in detroit in an effort to ease the ongoing formula...