This is a MedPage Today story. In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. Hurricane Helene ...

Hospitals across the U.S. are bracing for a potential shortage of intravenous fluids, also known as IV fluids, after Hurricane Helene brought the country’s biggest manufacturing plant –– responsible ...

The Biden administration invoked a wartime law to increase production of IV fluids and products are being flown in from around the world, as hospitals are struggling to treat patients in need ...

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 ...

When Hurricane Helene roared through North Carolina in September, the damage it caused went well beyond local homes and businesses. The North Cove–based manufacturing plant of Baxter International — ...

The latest hurricane could hit a Daytona Beach facility that provides nearly a quarter of the nation’s intravenous fluid supply. The Biden administration is rushing to evacuate bags of intravenous ...

U.S. health care providers are racing to ration intravenous (IV) fluids after the country’s largest supplier was forced to halt production in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The Baxter ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of the country's IV fluids, U.S. health officials have invoked the Defense ...

Federal health officials have approved the import of certain IV fluids from overseas as hospitals across the country scramble to deal with a Hurricane Helene-inflicted shortage. The shortage occurred ...