MIT develops needle-free glucose monitor using light technology. Revolutionary device could replace painful finger pricks for ...

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 ...

Seven syringes a man got from a needle exchange program run by the Monroe County Health Department had the chance of landing him in prison the moment he left the county. After a traffic stop in ...

A clean drug kit is seen inside F.A.V.O.R, a recovery center in Bolivar, Pa., on Nov. 7, 2023. About a year ago, Spotlight PA and WESA started looking into a conflicting part of Pennsylvania's opioid ...

The city of Pueblo's controversial ordinance banning syringe exchange programs was struck down by a Pueblo District Court judge on Aug. 22. Syringe exchange programs, also referred to as needle ...

New Jersey was one of the last states to make it legal in 2012 for adults to buy syringes over the counter, a move to increase access to clean needles and discourage drug users from sharing or reusing ...

The race is on to identify an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Once discovered, the next challenge will be manufacturing and distributing it around the world. My research group has developed ...

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a measure that would make it easier to buy syringes. The legislation would allow anyone over 18 to purchase up to 10 sterile needles at a drugstore without a ...

Workers at “needle exchange” spots across the city may be forced to collect used drug syringes that end up as litter under a new bill unveiled Thursday. Council member Oswald Feliz’s new bill would ...

Each week in Manchester, in an undisclosed location, a similar scene unfolds. On this particular day, in early September, it goes like this: A few people set up a card table in a shady spot. In front ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday signed into law a bill (SB 1159) to create a five-year pilot program allowing pharmacies to sell as many as 10 syringes to adults without a prescription, which ...