Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid bags to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...

Surgery was Katie Adase's best chance at finally getting a diagnosis for the chronic pelvic pain that has been plaguing her for years. "I couldn't do laundry or walk to the grocery store or even cook ...

Hospital systems across the country — including those in North Texas — are conserving IV fluids as the country's largest manufacturer recovers from damage due to Hurricane Helene. Hospitals across ...

Yvonne Hemz was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed from her kidney Tuesday. On Sunday, however, Hemze, 52, of Farmington, Minnesota, got a call from the hospital, Abbott Northwestern, telling ...

WASHINGTON STATE — A nationwide shortage of IV fluids is delaying surgeries and forcing hospitals and healthcare facilities to find ways to conserve specially formulated liquids. Several hospitals in ...

A new set of studies has explored the saline used in intravenous fluids in hospitals and found that they may not be as safe as earlier believed. These two large studies have found that the presently ...

Ralph Owen was just four days away from receiving surgery in Colorado. "I got the phone call. It was kind of a shock, and they just said, 'We're canceling the surgery,'" said Owen. "I set it up six to ...

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 ...

Puerto Rico produces 44% of the intravenous (IV) fluid bags used in the United States. 1 On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck the island, causing a humanitarian crisis and widespread ...

When Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina in late September, flooding forced the closure of Baxter International's North Cove manufacturing facility and triggered what could become a ...