The American health system is already in a major financial crisis, as a result of supply chain issues and a staffing crisis exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. This led to many healthcare systems ...

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 ...

Hurricane Helene damaged a key IV fluid plant, causing nationwide shortages Tariffs and global consolidation worsened supply chain disruptions Health systems turned to stockpiling, GPOs and ...

U.S. hospitals are experiencing a shortage of IV fluids, triggered by a disruption at Baxter’s North Carolina plant following Hurricane Helene. As hospitals have scrambled to conserve supplies, at ...

BFLO Hydration is home to an elective, medical spa that treats at least 200 people weekly. A majority of their clients come in for IV fluids. "A lot of people benefit from just the vitamins, even if ...

Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage. People often plan ...

Hospitals across the United States are reeling from a shortage of IV fluids after Hurricane Helene struck a major manufacturing plant in North Carolina, prompting some to postpone elective surgeries ...

Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage. People often plan ...

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 brought unprecedented and ...