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Need a CT scan? You may have to wait weeks, thanks to lockdowns in China and dye shortages

by Samantha Fields

May 31, 2022

Because of COVID-19 restrictions, a critical Shanghai plant that produces the dye has been operating at reduced capacity for weeks.

Hospitals low on contrast dye are doing some CT scans without it or are booking patients weeks or months in advance.

Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

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How small businesses are bracing for a COVID winter — or not

by Erika Beras

Nov 16, 2020

Many that survived the shutdowns in the spring have a strategy, while others fear they just won't make it.

A bar in Manhattan sells to-go cocktails at the beginning of the pandemic. Small businesses are preparing for another round of lockdowns, as the virus continues to surge across the country.

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