Military plane rushes baby formula to US health systems

Stores remain low on supplies but flight brings enough to fill half a million bottles for children with allergies

Store shelves across the US remain short of baby formula after a military plane carrying enough to fill half a million baby bottles arrived in the US on Sunday but its contents were rushed to health system outlets to feed babies with specific allergies.

The first of several such flights from Europe, aimed at relieving a nationwide shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed their infants, was packed with specialty hypoallergenic formula to be distributed through channels such as hospitals, doctors' officers and pharmacies, for babies intolerant of the protein in cow's milk.