Breastfeeding

Baby formula shortage highlights racial disparities

By JACQUELYN MARTIN, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and TERRY TANGMay 27, 2022 GMT

Moms seeking formula tire of those who say, just breastfeed

By REBECCA BOONE, LINDSEY TANNER and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHERMay 19, 2022 GMT

As Morgan Fabry drives around Chicago looking for baby formula that is in short supply, she can’t help but be bothered by comments from people who don’t understand why she can’t breastfeed.

Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo

June 30, 2021 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher, who is breastfeeding her infant daughter, has won in her quest to bring the baby to the Tokyo Olympics, which she called “the right decision for women in sports.”

Woman’s claim of firing over breastfeeding remains dismissed

By KATHY McCORMACKMarch 12, 2021 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court was split 2-2 Friday over a woman's nearly nine-year battle to challenge her firing from the state Department of Health and Human Services over breastfeeding, meaning a lower court's decision to dismiss her case stands...

Laws require warning labels on Michigan marijuana products

By DAVID EGGERTFebruary 20, 2020 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Marijuana sold in Michigan shops will have to have labels warning pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers about the health risks for their fetuses and infants under newly enacted laws...

Michigan Legislature supports warning labels on marijuana

February 4, 2020 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Marijuana sold in shops would have to have labels warning pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers about the health risks for their fetuses and infants under legislation sent to Michigan Gov...

Get a good start on breastfeeding month

Anne HalliwellAugust 1, 2018 GMT

Not normally the stuff of headlines, breastfeeding was in the news last week as a confrontation erupted over public breastfeeding at a swimming pool in Mora, Minn.

This week, then, seems like an opportune time for National Breastfeeding Month — August — to arrive.

St. Mary’s earns ‘Baby-Friendly’ designation

The Herald-DispatchMay 17, 2018 GMT

HUNTINGTON — St. Mary's Medical Center's Maternity Services has earned an international recognition as a designated Baby-Friendly birth facility by Baby-Friendly USA, the hospital announced this week.

Backus Hospital seeks ‘baby-friendly’ status to encourage breastfeeding

Martha ShanahanMay 6, 2018 GMT

Norwich — The William W. Backus Hospital is in the final year of a multi-year effort to become a "baby-friendly" birthing facility, a designation given to more than 500 U.S. hospitals as part of an effort by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund to encourage breastfeeding.