The Formula Shortage, Explained

The Formula Shortage, Explained. In May 2022, news and discussion about a formula shortage in the United States ticked upward — but the severity of the issue and its implications were rarely clear in broad reporting.. Complicating matters were the narrow and uneven — but no less potentially catastrophic — effects of the ongoing formula shortage.. On May 8 2022, CNN reporter Gabby Orr described some of what parents of infants then-currently faced as “unreal”..