reporter: it s not just in south carolina this is a crisis for us in health care. reporter: at le bonheur children s hospital in tennessee, a preschooler and toddler with special dietary needs were hospitalized after their parents couldn t find the formula they normally take. you have several weeks of stock more now out for the special formulas reporter: the house tonight expected to vote on a bill that would allow families receiving government support called wic the flexibility to buy any brand of formula by one estimate up to 68% of all infant formulas sold in the u.s. is purchased through wic, but there s still confusion and stores with no supply the white house sharply criticized today by members of its own party. i give everybody an f on the entire spectrum of this from the company itself to the fda oversight to the inner agencies who didn t talk to each other to the entire problem. nobody focused on this like they needed to. people should also know that from the p
narratives surrounding abortion rights to encourage violence, likely increasing the threat to government, religious and reproductive healthcare personnel and facilities and ideological opponents. john, the threat exists on both sides of this debate. the warning comes as justices are wrapping up their most contentious term in decades. and now under increased security. whitney wild, thank you so much for that update. in a new move, president biden evoked the defense production act to help ease the nationwide baby formula shortage. this comes as two young children were hospitalized in tennessee, suffering from dehydration, when the specialty formula they rely on ran out. the patients, a toddler and preschooler, suffer from a rare intestinal disorder. they rely on that formula for their nutrition. joining me now is the doctor who treated those children, the chief of pediatric gastroenterology, dr. mark corkens, the chair of the american academy of pediatrics committee on nutrition. goo
tennessee, suffering from dehydration when their specialty formula ran out. the patients were a toddler and a preschooler, and they suffer from a rare intestinal disorder and they rely on formula for nutrition. we have one home and one s pretty much ready to go home now. we ve gotten supplies from one of the alternate manufacturers of an amino acid-based formula which is what these children needed but it s probably going to take weeks, to be honest, before we actually see some real movement and getting some formula back to the people who need it. joining me now is dr. blake bergeron, a pediatrician at the hospital where those two children were being treated. doctor berj geron, thank you fo being here. do you have an update? alisyn, my pleasure. thanks for having me. one of those children have already been discharged and the other one is going home in the coming days so we re so thankful for all the work of our physicians and nurses here,
to call, razor thin margin separating celebrity dr. mehmet oz and dave mccormick. this will almost definitely trigger an automatic recount. the winner will face john fetterman, lieutenant governor, who captured the democratic nomination, from his hospital bed after pacemaker surgery. and in north carolina, no second term for embattled republican congressman madison cawthorn, who was defeated by state senator chuck edwards last night, making him a one-time congressman at this point. two children in tennessee have been hospitalized because of the formula shortage. the toddler and preschooler have intestinal conditions and the families couldn t get their hands on the specific formula they needed. a new wall street journal report shows black box data recovered from a china eastern crash back in march suggests that someone in the cockpit intentionally downed the plane. all 132 passengers on board were killed when the flight nosedived from 29,000 feet into the mountains. the u.s. s
orally. they needed iv hydration. reporter: doctors say the toddler and preschooler from two different families needed that special type of formula because of intestinal conditions. both kids had an adverse reaction to a non-abbott brand and blend. the hospital has run out of the formula they need, so they are treating one patient with fluids. the other patient was released after doctors adapted a formula designed for adults. we had to take a formula that s not really, you know, designed for what we re using it for and we ve had to create some additions and bases in an adult formula. and alter it to where it will work for the patient. reporter: the abbott plant that makes specialized formulas may reopen in two weeks after an agreement with the fda, but it would take up to two more months to get their products onto shelves. and while the fda is moving to import brands of formula not currently sold in the u.s., that could also take weeks.