The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday declared shortages of three intravenous drugs produced at a North Carolina plant that has been temporarily shut down due to the devastation from ...

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 ...

Oct 17 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 17 story has been corrected to say Baxter expects to meet 90-100% of allocation for certain products, not all products, in paragraph 3. The story was previously refiled ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Hospitals across the nation are facing shortages of IV fluids after Storm Helene disrupted a major medical fluid manufacturer. The storm stopped production for Baxter International, ...

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 ...

A shortage of IV fluid is forcing hospitals across the country to conserve and even postpone surgeries and procedures after an IV fluid production facility in North Carolina was hit by the devastating ...

In September 2024, Hurricane Helene damaged a Baxter International plant in Marion, N.C., that produces 60% of the U.S.’s IV fluid products, disrupting ASCs and other healthcare facilities across the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Hospitals across the country are taking steps to conserve their IV fluid supply after Hurricane Helene struck a manufacturing plant belonging to the biggest supplier. Baxter ...

Hospitals in Atlanta and throughout Georgia are feeling the pinch from storm damage and to a factory in North Carolina that produces much of the nation’s supply of intravenous (IV) fluids. And that’s ...

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 ...

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Stomach flu can cause diarrhea and vomiting that dehydrate you quickly. You may need fluids delivered through your veins so that you can recover. Stomach flu happens when a virus causes an infection ...