Baby formula shortage continues to distress parents as production resumes

The situation is a political crisis for Joe Biden, who has invoked the Emergency Defense Production Act to ramp up supplies

A baby formula shortage sweeping the US that has trigged a political crisis for Joe Biden is continuing to distress parents, caregivers, and medical professionals as they still find the vital product difficult to obtain.

Reports of the shortage troubling intensive care units for newborns, as well as creating a black market for the scarce product, are still proliferating across the US media despite a concerted effort at the highest levels of government to get a hold on the crisis.