MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota hospitals are scrambling for solutions after the manufacturer of the majority of their IV fluids supply shuttered due to flooding in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Baxter ...

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 ...

Florida hospitals and health providers are coping with a national shortage of IV fluids exacerbated by the two major hurricanes that have hit the Southeast in the past month. Hurricane Helene damaged ...

Hurricane Helene damaged Baxter's North Cove site in North Carolina in September, disrupting the largest source of IV fluids in the US. Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or ...

PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN’T IMPACT PATIENTS FROM FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA. AND NOW POTENTIALLY THE NORTHEAST. HURRICANE HELENE’S IMPACTS ARE HITTING UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.

The United States is facing a significant shortage of intravenous (IV) fluids, including saline and dextrose solutions, exacerbated by damage to Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) plants in North ...

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 ...

Some non-emergent, elective procedures at the largest integrated health care system in Massachusetts are being postponed because of a national IV fluid shortage. Mass General Brigham announced ...

When Hurricane Helene took out a factory making 60% of the country's IV fluids, it caused shortages that have led to canceled surgeries. A look at the effects and prospects for improvement. IV fluids ...

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 ...