News for May 29 — Breast-feeding Declined During COVID Pandemic

WSJ: Breast-feeding declined during COVID pandemic: https://www.wsj.com/articles/baby-formula-shortage-worsened-by-drop-in-breast-feeding-rates-11653816603 . Remarkably, the percentage of breast-fed one-year-olds dropped from 34% to 14% currently.

WSJ: FDA links hepatitis A outbreak to organic strawberries: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-probing-organic-strawberries-linked-to-possible-hepatitis-a-outbreak-11653855890 .

Shanghai and Beijing continue to inch back to work: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-29/some-in-beijing-back-to-work-shanghai-inches-closer-to-ending-covid-lockdown . More on Shanghai: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-29/shanghai-to-cancel-restrictions-to-resume-work-introduce-policies-to-support-economy .

More on the police mistakes in the Texas school shooting: https://www.aol.com/news/open-door-missed-opportunity-wrong-202435444.html . This confirms and extends the fact summaries and analysis provided yesterday and earlier. DOJ will review the handling of this tragic case: https://apnews.com/article/texas-school-shooting-justice-department-reviewing-response-ed6ea4160d723c2a25cde1c909d31fa7 .

Warning signs of a potential mass shooter: https://www.aol.com/news/eight-warnings-behaviors-potential-mass-102503582.html . Well, okay. But here, the shooter had a history of publishing violent threats online. Apparently, no one was looking at his threats, or reporting them. However, suppose they did. Is this a priority for thinly stretched law enforcement?

Russia attempting to capture Donetsk cities: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/29/russia-ukraine-bombardments-00035855 . Meanwhile, Zelensky visits Kharkiv: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61625512 .

As readers know, news agencies post fewer articles on Saturdays and Sundays. That is particularly true this week with the holiday weekend.