Breast Milk

• Infant gets sick after being given wrong breast milk in Toronto ICU

  Gabriele Forneris said his infant daughter later tested positive for cytomegalovirus, commonly known as CMV. The virus spreads through bodily fluids, including breast milk.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2023
  
• B.C. breast milk bank makes urgent appeal for donors as supplies dwindle

  B.C.'s only breast milk bank helping newborns in hospital hopes to double its list of registered donors. It says it only has enough supply left to carry it through a few weeks.

  Health

  Jun 23, 2023
  
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• B.C. breast milk supply low for second time in eight months

  Provincial reserves of breast milk at B.C. Women's Hospital are running low again and the bank's coordinator says the number of donors needs to double to meet demand.

  Health

  May 24, 2023
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• B.C.’s Milk Bank hoping lactating mothers will step up and donate breast milk

  Lactating moms can donate their breast milk, which is then pasteurized and used to feed about 4,500 infants a year, usually premature babies.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2022
• Calgary milk bank gets help meeting high demand during baby formula shortage

  A golf tournament has raised money to help babies get milk they need. 'Breast milk acts as a medicine and it provides immunities.'

  Features

  Jun 27, 2022
• Breast milk banks in Canada, U.S. concerned over impact of baby formula shortage

  Breast milk banks in the U.S. have seen a spike in demand for donor milk as the baby formula shortage continues, while Canadian milk banks are seeing more donors offering milk.

  Health

  May 26, 2022
• Lab-grown human breast milk may be on store shelves in a few years

  Backed by Bill Gates, startup BIOMILQ is on a quest to get its lab-grown human breast milk product to market within five years.

  Lifestyle

  May 3, 2022
• Unexplained drop in breast milk donations prompts public appeal from Fraser Health

  The health authority says donations dropped by about 7,000 ounces, or 13 per cent, during the pandemic -- while other health authorities have seen donations increase.

  Health

  Jun 17, 2021
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• Mothers turning to breast milk to protect children too young for COVID-19 vaccines

  COVID-19 vaccines are not yet approved for children under the age of 12. Could breast milk from vaccinated mothers be the solution to protecting them?

  Health

  May 27, 2021
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• Interior Health opens breast milk donation depots in Kelowna, Kamloops

  The depots provide a place to drop off raw, frozen milk, which is transported to the B.C. Women’s Provincial Milk Bank in Vancouver.

  Health

  Oct 11, 2019