Replacing the saline in many IV bags with another solution could save lives, according to two studies published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The sister studies -- one on patients in ...

Baxter’s North Cove manufacturing site in Marion, N.C. — which produced 60% of the nation’s IV supply before Hurricane Helene — expects to share plans for gradually increasing IV fluid allocations ...

A few weeks after Baxter temporarily shuttered its manufacturing plant in Marion, N.C., which was the nation’s main supplier of intravenous solutions, 84% of hospital pharmacy workers reported a ...

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Hurricane Helene knocked a North Carolina factory offline, owned by Baxter International. It produces about half the IV fluids used by hospitals around the country. The IV fluids in short supply ...

REPLACEMENT IN ORDER TO GET A POLICY. THREE WEEKS AFTER SWEEPING ACROSS THE SOUTH, THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE HELENE ARE STILL BEING FELT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE STORM SHUT DOWN A FACILITY IN NORTH ...

NORTHAMPTON — The far-reaching destruction of Hurricane Helene has generated a national shortage of IV fluids commonly used in hospitals, leading Cooley Dickinson Hospital and the rest of the Mass ...

Alaska’s healthcare facilities are conserving use of intravenous or IV fluids as part of a statewide response to supply shortages. Hurricane Helene halted production at Baxter International, the ...

It’s been about three months since Hurricane Helene pummeled the mountains of North Carolina, but its effects are still being felt well beyond the storm’s path. After the hurricane flooded a ...