Nearly seven million pregnant women and young children depend on WIC for healthy foods. Advocates say funding could run out in about two weeks, leaving states to close the gap if their budgets allow.
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RI families struggle to use WIC benefits for specialty baby formulas amid nationwide shortage
Kymuana Lumpkins had never thought much about buying baby formula because she’d always planned to breastfeed. But in December, despite being vaccinated against the coronavirus, Lumpkins, her husband and their five-month-old daughter, Rosabella, came down with COVID-19. Lumpkins said Roseabella wasn’t nursing as much. “One week she was one size,” Lumpkins said, “and then we […]
