Baby Formula

St. Louis nursing student earned the title “milk donor extraordinaire” for giving 5,000 ounces of surplus breastmilk to the nonprofit Milk Bank.

“We learned only a couple hours before the president made the announcement that the Department of Defense was going to be a part of this,” said one member of TRANSCOM at Scott. The first shipment arrived this past weekend.

A national shortage of infant formula has St. Louis parents searching wherever they can, including in Facebook swap groups.

Updated to reflect new information released by the FDA and CDC on Friday, Dec. 30.A joint statement released Friday by the Food and Drug Administration…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: September 23, 2008 - Babies the world over live on milk, rich in proteins, fats and other nutrients.…