Answering the Coronavirus: Exponential American Innovation

Washington, D.C. – “America has long led the world in innovation, and the coronavirus (COVID-19) won’t change that. Indeed, U.S. inventors and entrepreneurs are rising to the occasion, jumping in to fill urgent needs,” the New York Post editorial board writes.

“With ramped-up testing the best way to discover who has the virus and so learn what the fatality rate really is, the news from Abbott Laboratories couldn’t be better.”

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Abbott Recalls Some Similac Formulas

The health care company Abbott says about 5 million containers of its Similac-brand powdered infant formulas—which includes Isomil and Go & Grow—are being recalled because of possible contamination with insect pieces or larvae.

The voluntary recall affects milk- and soy-based formulas distributed in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and some Caribbean nations. At least 12 of the recalled products were provided to families through the federal government’s Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) health and nutrition program.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reassuring caregivers and families whose babies may have consumed recalled products that drinking the formula will not cause long-term health problems. [Read more]