Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. Hospitals across the country are struggling to conserve and stretch their supplies of IV fluids in the wake of a shortage brought on by Hurricane Helene, ...

CHARLOTTE — Hospitals are rationing the IV fluid bags and in some cases, doctors are giving people Gatorade or water instead of IVs. It’s all because of Hurricane Helene’s damage to a critical plant ...

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Giving children intravenous fluids early in the course of an E. coli O157:H7 infection lowered their risk of developing severe kidney failure, according to a news release by Washington University ...

The F.D.A. has authorized shipments from overseas plants to ease shortages of IV bags caused by Hurricane Helene as hospitals begin rationing fluids to protect the sickest patients. By Christina ...

Home infusion companies, like the one Jamie Aguilar has relied on for nearly 42 years, have struggled to access IV fluids in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. A Virginia woman with a rare medical ...

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 ...