Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug ...

Kim Botteicher works in the basement of a Bolivar, Pa. church. She provides syringe services as part of her charitable work. In the basement of a former Catholic church, in a tiny Westmoreland County ...

Problem: ISMP has repeatedly stressed the importance of never using parenteral syringes to prepare or administer small volumes of oral/enteral products; instead, an oral syringe should always be used.

Particle size specification for process chemicals is an important quality control measure for the semiconductor industry. Cutting-edge microelectronics producers need ultra-clean process chemicals ...

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 ...

Some local officials want to hamper needle exchange programs that public health officials say are crucial to reducing the spread of blood-borne diseases.

There are no safe needle exchange programs operating in Auburn, but councilors felt it was necessary to have some sort of ...

Kim Botteicher works in the basement of a Bolivar church. She provides syringe services as part of her charitable work. Credit: Nate Smallwood for Spotlight PA This article is part of The State of ...

FOR many women the road to motherhood can be emotionally challenging and incredibly expensive. But one determined mum, Taylor Beales, took matters into her own hands to achieve her dream of starting a ...

Don’t let a splinter get out of hand — a California ER doctor is sharing his simple removal hack. Dr. Joe Whittington, who goes by Dr. Joe on TikTok, recommends getting a clean, unused medicine ...

Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...