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Bay Area stores continue to deal with massive nationwide baby formula shortage as many are scrambling to find infant milk on store shelves and online.

Bay Area stores continue to deal with the massive nationwide baby formula shortage as many are scrambling to find infant milk on store shelves and online. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Suppliers and retailers are reporting a drastic shortage in baby formula. Here’s what parents of infants should and shouldn’t do. Laura Garcia reports.

A baby formula shortage is forcing some retailers to ration supplies, making it difficult for some parents to find formula for their kids.

The company said they are working to “solve this issue quickly.”

Many of us never give a second thought to coins. Coins seem to just appear under cushions, in pockets, or in the laundry. The coronavirus pandemic has caused a shortage of coins and some businesses are feeling the pinch.

There is a critical shortage in Bay Area blood supplies because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Vitalant, the region’s largest blood collector.

The need for basic supplies, masks, gloves and gowns is reaching a desperate level for some doctors, nurses and technicians fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. “The allotment of personal protection equipment for one of our hospitals…is barely enough to cover one shift at that hospital, not even a full day’s worth,” says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Blood banks and donation centers could face a critical blood shortage as a result of precautions taken to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, one blood service nonprofit warned Wednesday.