Nearly two dozen babies in 13 states have been sickened in a growing outbreak of infantile botulism linked to recalled ByHeart infant formula, federal health officials said Friday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported 23 cases of confirmed or suspected illness in babies who consumed ByHeart formula since August. That’s an increase of 10 babies treated for the rare and potentially deadly disease since the outbreak was announced Nov. 8. The most recent case was reported on Nov. 11.
No deaths have been reported.
“Parents and caregivers should stop using any ByHeart infant formula products immediately,” the FDA said.
ByHeart, a New York-based manufacturer of organic infant formula, has recalled all its products sold in the U.S.
Wall Street scrambles back
An early swoon shook the U.S. stock market on Friday, as Nvidia, bitcoin, gold and other high flyers swung on an increasingly antsy Wall Street, but it quickly calmed.
After starting the day with a sharp drop of 1.3%, the S&P 500 erased all of it and then meandered up and down before finishing with a slight dip of 0.1%. The Nasdaq composite flipped to a gain of 0.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average trimmed its loss to 309 points, or 0.7%, after earlier being down nearly 600.
Even with sharp swings for the S&P 500 the last couple of weeks, the index that dictates the movements for many 401(k) accounts remains within 2.3% of its record set late last month.