Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog examines one mother's quest to find baby formula for her special-needs daughter. And we release CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at the pandemic. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
200 members of Congress voted against baby formula. That's an outrage.
June 2
My 8-month-old daughter, Jayde, was born with a growth restriction. She weighs just 13 pounds — no more than a 3-month-old. She sees a pediatric nutritionist and eats a specialized formula that provides 30 calories per ounce in hopes of getting her on the elusive growth curve. Jayde was crawling steadily towards this goal — until all of a sudden, we couldn’t find her formula anywhere. We spent hours scouring the internet, social media, and stores. As the national shortage took hold, none could be found. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
June 3
The our-nation-is-not-well edition. Omicron subvariants continue to surge throughout the country. The average number of new daily cases now exceeds 100,000 — a number we have not seen since February. Things could get worse. In California, two highly contagious subvariants that swept through South Africa have been detected. And there are other symptoms that demonstrate our country is not well. READ MORE »
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