A week after Hurricane Helene knocked out a factory that produces more than half of the country’s intravenous solutions, the president of a group that represents about 5,000 hospitals is suggesting ...

Intravenous fluids given to a trauma victim at an accident site may not be the best treatment and in many cases may actually be counterproductive, increasing the risk that a patient will die, ...

Hospitals in the region are keeping a careful eye on their IV fluid supplies, and are using less of the precious liquid as a way to cope with supply shortages in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The ...

Hurricane Helene’s flood-related damage to a key medical supply production facility last week in Marion, North Carolina, has serious potential to affect patient care nationally because it manufactures ...

MINNESOTA, USA — Some Minnesota healthcare providers began contacting patients on Monday, notifying them that their elective and non-emergency surgeries have been canceled or postponed. The reason?

Normally, hospitals are, well, flush with IV fluids. But right now, that isn’t the case. In addition to the physical damage to many hospitals and clinics in the region, Hurricane Helene knocked out ...

Kim, 38 years old, a salaried worker in Yeouido, Seoul, visits a hospital near his office two to three times a month during lunchtime to receive nutritional IV fluids. Recently, he received a 140,000 ...

ABILENE, Texas — The impacts of Hurricane Helene can be felt even in areas that weren't in the storm's path. Hendrick Health said they are closely monitoring the nationwide shortage of IV fluidscaused ...

(AP) - The fallout from storm damage to a North Carolina factory that makes critical hospital supplies will be felt broadly and could linger, experts say. Flooding triggered by Hurricane Helene hit a ...

Working around supplier allocations has become a regular part of the job for pharmacists in hospitals and there's no end in sight to the fluids shortage As flu season looms, materials management and ...