The City Council of Pueblo, Colorado, voted to ban the distribution of syringes through syringe service programs starting in May 2024. Also called needle exchanges, these programs are run by community ...

A syringe filled with expanding sponges that can close gunshot wounds in seconds will soon be used by ambulance crews in the US. First responders will start using the syringe to plug bullet holes ...

El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle continues between the county and the California Department of Public Health, a Superior Court judge ...

A decade after Congress first allowed federal funding to support clean needle programs, the Trump administration is backing off that policy, potentially risking progress made against hepatitis C, a ...

It can seem counterintuitive to provide clean syringes to individuals who inject drugs. After all, why make it easier to consume illicit substances that are increasingly resulting in overdoses? In the ...

The new 0.5mL single-dose, prefilled syringe has the same composition as the original 2-vial presentation but removes the need for reconstitution. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a ...

For people with diabetes who inject insulin, the syringe and needle size can make a big difference in comfort and staying on track with steady blood sugar levels. According to a 2024 statistics report ...

InvestigationAfter the evening of Fête de la Musique, nearly 145 suspected cases of 'random syringe attacks' were reported. Yet, to date, not a single case of drug injection has been confirmed. The ...