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 ...
GILBERT, Ariz. - Hospitals all over the country are rationing CT scans and delaying procedures due to a shortage of contrast dye. This began after a plant in Shanghai was put into COVID-19 lockdown, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Growing concern about common medical screenings that can catch things like cancer or heart problems. A nationwide shortage of imaging solution is putting some of those tests on hold.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm set to have a CT scan of my lungs with iodine dye. I have hypothyroidism and am on 25 mg of levothyroxine. Should I take the medicine the day of the test? Or should I have the CT ...
Hospitals all over the country are rationing CT scans and delaying procedures due to a shortage of contrast dye. FOX 10's Bailey Miller reports.