Health Highlights: May 11, 2022

FDA moves to help ease a nationwide shortage of baby formula. Worried parents are frantically trying to find enough product to feed their babies, as a shortage caused by supply-chain issues and one company’s recall continues. Read more

Could a week off of social media give you a mental boost? For some participants in a new study, gaining about nine hours of free time improved their well-being. Read more

1 in 4 hospital physicians ‘mistreated’ by patients, visitors. Female doctors are nearly two times more likely than male doctors to face this abuse, a new study found. Read more

Smell loss less likely with newer COVID variants. Loss of smell and taste were hallmarks of COVID infection earlier in the pandemic, but a new study finds the symptom less common with Omicron variants. Read more