It’s early evening in mid-December when a middle aged man walks up to the pharmacy counter at a Walgreens in Asheville. He asks to buy a bag of syringes. The pharmacy technician walks to grab them ...
As Indiana officials struggled to contain an outbreak of HIV among people who injected drugs, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly followed the urgings of public health officials and cleared the way for ...
In some places, the order is galvanizing support for syringe exchange programs, which decades of research show are extremely ...
Ronnie Warn was bewildered when he spotted the sign on the door of the Santa Ana office where he routinely brings used needles and picks up clean ones. The Harm Reduction Institute was closed, it said ...
Every day that she can, Bella walks through the glassy door on a spartan stretch of Los Angeles that is emblazoned with the motto, “Save a life! Narcan Here.” Narcan is indeed here — the white boxes ...
A syringe is filled with flu vaccine. The expected COVID-19 immunization campaign now hinges on two small companies. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) As the Trump administration races to buy ...
Frustrated with used needles littering city streets, some local officials have called for renewed restrictions on syringe ...
HUNTINGTON — Whether it's accidentally dropped or hidden for safe keeping, a hypodermic syringe not properly disposed of is a hazard. "What we've learned from talking to people is when dirty syringes ...
Several articles have called into question a government contract to acquire syringes for COVID-19 vaccines. The articles claim that the syringes contain microchips and the manufacturers’ website is ...
I ask a lot of questions. It’s what I do for a living. So when a routine visit to my local pharmacy to buy syringes and insulin for my diabetic dog took an unexpected turn this week, questions came to ...