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• Infants Breastfed At Least 6 Months Have Less Chance of Developmental Delays: Study

  April 1, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Breastfeeding infants for the first six months of their lives can lead to better neurodevelopmental outcomes and less chances of learning delays, a new study finds.

• Testing Found Lead, Arsenic and Other Harmful Chemicals in Widely Used Infant Formula Products: Consumer Reports

  March 25, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Consumer watchdog has found that approximately half of all popular infant formula brands tested contain harmful levels of toxic heavy metals.

• FDA To Conduct More Nutrition Reviews and Heavy Metal Testing for Infant Formula

  March 20, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The federal government has announced a new initiative called Operation Stork Speed, which will investigate the nutritional value and health risks of infant formula.

• New Trial Ordered for Premature Infant Formula Lawsuit Over NEC Injuries, After Defense Verdict Overturned

  March 18, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A Missouri state court judge has overturned a defense verdict obtained in an infant formula lawsuit over NEC injuries, after finding that attorneys for Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson engaged in misconduct and misled jurors.

• Feeding Newborns Infant Formula May Increase Food Allergy Risks: Study

  March 17, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Newborns fed infant formula during the first three days of life are more than twice as likely to develop food allergies than those fed only breast milk, researchers warn.

• Gerber Good Start Settlement Reached Over False Advertising of Baby Formula

  March 13, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Manufacturer has not admitted any wrongdoing in a class action lawsuit, alleging that the company’s advertising falsely claimed that using its product could help prevent allergies in children.

• Report Raises Concerns Over Ultra-Processed Foods Marketed to Toddlers

  March 6, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Pediatricians are raising concerns after a new report addresses the risks of giving ultra-processed foods to young children in the form of "toddler milk" products, which contain high sugar content and little to no nutritional value.

• Probiotics Decrease Preterm Infant Deaths, But Not Risks of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Study

  February 25, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Hospitals that give premature infants probiotics to help them build proper gut functions, experience fewer preemie fatalities than those which do not, according to the findings of a new study.

• Premature Infant Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Rates Decreased with Human Milk, Compared to Cow’s Milk Formula: Study

  February 13, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Preemies fed cow's milk-based formula are twice as likely to develop NEC, and six times as likely to die, as those fed a diet of only human milk, or human milk fortifier, according to the findings of a new study.

• Infant Formula Lawsuit Links Similac and Similac Special Care to Newborn’s NEC Injuries

  January 27, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Abbott Laboratories faces a product liability lawsuit from a mother who says their Similac Special Care formula caused her newborn child's intestines to rupture due to the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).