She bought a mason jar and inside it put pictures of Dan and Gypsy, a cow’s tongue and a little of Gypsy’s menstrual blood ... and take one or two from her bottle. I didn’t know what ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is officially out of prison ... and so when she wasn’t looking I would just go and take one or two from her bottle,” Blanchard said. “I didn’t know what addiction ...

Hospitals across the country are facing a severe shortage of supplies of blood culture bottles, critical tools for diagnosing serious and sometimes life-threatening bloodstream infections.

That involves taking a 10-milliliter sample of blood — about the volume of a ketchup packet — adding it to a blood culture bottle full of nutritious broth that bacteria love.

The agency recommended several actions affected providers could take to preserve the bottle supply, including: Performing ...

Hospitals and laboratories across the United States are grappling with a shortage of Becton Dickinson BACTEC blood culture bottles that threatens to extend at least until September. In a health ...