ByHeart baby formula recall: 4 new developments

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. It’s been six weeks since ByHeart Inc. began recalling its popular organic baby formula amid a nationwide outbreak of infant botulism – and nearly two years since children started becoming infected across the country. Here are four things to know about the latest developments in the outbreak investigation and formula recall. Some good news: No new cases of sick infants discovered in the past week The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week that the identification of new infant botulism cases linked to ByHeart infant formula has slowed, with none identified during the past week. The number of infants known to have been sickened in the outbreak remains at 51 – and all of them required hospitalization. The infants live in 19 states. There have been no deaths. The most recent date a child started showing signs of illness was Dec. 1, according to the FDA. The lack of new cases is an enc