Needles are usually seen as a necessary evil, but maybe they don't have to be. Plenty of painless alternatives are in the works, like microneedle patches, a laser-based device that pushes drugs ...

The small city of North Adams, nestled in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is well-know as a hub of contemporary art, a bucolic haven for stressed New Yorkers, and an autumn leaf peeping ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Just get high all the time. That’s the message that New York lawmakers keep sending out. Here’s just the latest example: Vending machines that sell clean needles and naloxone.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Needle-Free Injection Market Size gathered USD 1.2 Billion in 2021 and is set to garner a market size of USD 2.6 Billion by 2030 growing at a ...

Outside the NeighborHealth Center in East Boston, a new vending machine is offering far more than snacks and water. "We have socks, we have gloves, we have blankets," explained Desiree Millett, ...

Las Vegas is preparing to be the first city in the nation with vending machines dispensing clean needles in an effort to help combat the spread of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, while also possibly ...

Needles are a common phobia that makes getting vaccines or beneficial injections a harrowing deal for many. Even if you are not deathly afraid of needles, who likes the unnecessary pain of getting ...