Baxter International, a saline bag supplier, issued an update Wednesday to customers on its efforts to mitigate shortages of saline products as the U.S. grapples with a severe flu season that is ...

Hospitals nationwide are experiencing shortages of small saline-solution bags due to supply chain disruptions at manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Here are six things to know.

PUYALLUP, Wash. (KOMO) - They’re used in hospitals all over the country, but a national saline bag shortage is hitting home. The FDA said saline bags had been in short supply since 2014, but supplies ...

Hurricanes Maria and Irma devastated Puerto Rico, a major area for drug-manufacturing plants, causing shortages of many drugs, including cancer and HIV drugs.The storms have also exacerbated the ...

Salt and water, better known in healthcare as saline solution, is a cheap staple for hospitals, costing anywhere from less than 50 cents to slightly more than $1 a bag. But the New York Times reported ...

Viewers have reached out to 9NEWS asking about an IV fluid shortage due to the devastation hurricanes caused in Puerto Rico. “Many of our nations IV fluids were made in Puerto Rico,” a hospital ...

Southern California hospitals are carefully watching their supplies of saline bags when treating patients, as supplies continue to run low following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Some have changed ...

A saline solution shortage worsened by Hurricane Maria has hospitals worried, even as staff turn to creative solutions such as breaking out the Gatorade. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

New research calls into question what’s in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk of death ...