PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 29: Radiologist Arshid Azarine (R) consults with a medical team as they conduct an MRI scan on a patient at the Paris Saint-Joseph hospital on October 29, 2020 in Paris, France ...

Helium, which is required for MRI machines to function, is being rationed due to a global shortage The global helium shortage is sparking concerns across the medical community. Doctors around the ...

A global helium shortage has doctors worried about one of the natural gas’s most essential, and perhaps unexpected, uses: MRIs. Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons ...

With a worldwide helium shortage on the horizon, a lack of the element could bring about more serious problems than the loss of party balloons. In its liquid form, helium coolant is essential for MRI ...

Helium, a colourless, odourless, and non-toxic inert gas is the second most common element in the universe. Despite its abundance in space, helium is a finite resource here on Earth, found only in ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — When Newswatch 16 was hanging out with the Scranton Santa Parade committee earlier this week, organizers told us there would be no helium balloons this year because of a shortage of ...

The global helium shortage is sparking concerns across the medical community. Doctors around the country have expressed worry that a lack of helium, the coldest element on Earth, could soon create ...