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"If there's not a plan in place at schools and they have to reduce teacher salaries, it's going to be a major hit to the field," says Kimberly Covington, the director of a child care facility in Morrisville, N.C.

Empty store shelves. Frustrated parents. The formula shortage has upended life for millions of families across the nation and magnified longtime disparities in how infants receive nutrition.

As parents scramble to find scarce baby formula and the government races to boost production and imports, some advocates say the U.S. should do more to encourage breastfeeding.

The measure would broaden the rights that parents already have in state and federal laws. Additional rights would include the ability to make health care decisions for their children and to be notified if a government agency suspects a crime has been committed against the child.

Public health officials offer advice for families struggling to find formula.

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