Omnipaque, or iohexol, is a type of intravenous contrast dye used regularly in CT scans to better see clots or tumors. Supplies have tightened as overseas makers struggle with COVID, creating concerns ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare says it is among the hospitals around the country dealing with a shortage of intravenous contrast dye, and as a result, some non-emergency ...
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are demanding that President Biden specifically address shortages of medical dye imperative to detecting cancer, brain clots and other diseases amid unresolved nationwide ...
Dr. Frita Fisher, who is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and works in internal medicine and pediatrics, appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday morning to discuss the current shortage of contrast dye in ...
Like a lot of caregivers, Dr. Jackson Griggs has struggled to keep his medical supply rooms stocked since the start of the pandemic. When COVID-19 first emerged, Griggs, who runs Waco Family ...
A shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging caused by COVID lockdowns in Shanghai is forcing some New Jersey patients to postpone cancer follow-up appointments as hospitals conserve their limited ...
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - There is currently a worldwide shortage of the dye that’s used in CT scans and a variety of other lifesaving procedures. That shortage comes after a COVID-19 lockdown in ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa family says a loved one diagnosed with cancer can’t receive the needed CT scan because of a global shortage of contrast dye. “I’ve never heard about this, ...
An ongoing global shortage of dye used in X-rays and CT scans is causing both Lehigh Valley Health Network and St. Luke’s University to postpone some patients’ imaging procedures. Hospitals and health ...
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Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...