A YOUNG law graduate has tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction following a CT scan. Leticia Paul, 22, was undergoing a routine check-up for kidney stones when she reacted to a ...

After a 22-year-old law graduate dies following a CT scan, questions arise over the safety of contrast agents and radiation exposure in routine diagnostics.

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.

A 22-year-old woman, Leticia Paul, died on Wednesday, Aug. 20, hours after suffering a severe allergic reaction during a ...

A CT scan usually doesn’t cause side effects, and most people can go home soon after. However, because a contrast is often used for stomach scans, you may need to wait about an hour to be sure ...

Need a CT scan? You may have to wait weeks, thanks to lockdowns in China and dye shortages Because of COVID-19 restrictions, a critical Shanghai plant that produces the dye has been operating at ...

COVID-19 related shutdown of GE Healthcare factories in Shanghai, China has led to a shortage of iodine-based contrast used in CT scans, MRIs, other procedures.

A 22-year-old Brazilian woman tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction during a routine CT scan. Doctors later confirmed it was anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening reaction that ...

A 22-year-old Leticia Paul dies after severe allergic reaction during CT scan at Alto Vale Regional Hospital, Brazil.

COVID-19 related shutdown of GE Healthcare factories in Shanghai, China has led to a shortage of iodine-based contrast used in CT scans, MRIs, other procedures.