The fallout from storm damage to a North Carolina factory that makes critical hospital supplies will be felt broadly and could linger, experts say.
Flooding triggered by Hurricane Helene hit a Baxter International plant in North Cove, North Carolina, that makes much of the country’s supply of sterile intravenous, or IV, fluids. It also makes fluids used by some patients on home kidney dialysis.
Here’s a closer look at the impact.
What happened?
Baxter had to close the factory, which it says is its largest manufacturing facility, employing more than 2,500 people.