Some bacteria carry tiny syringes filled with chemicals that may thin out competitors or incapacitate predators. Now, researchers have gotten up-close views of these syringes, technically known as ...

Swallow the wrong microbe, and you might end up in the hospital with a needle or two in your arm — and plenty of itty-bitty bacterial needles poking at you from the inside. That’s because many ...

The Indiana county at the center of a devastating HIV crisis in 2015 may soon close the syringe exchange program widely credited with helping to end its outbreak. For public health advocates in Scott ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -It was 7:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve when Cha Jung-hoon, South Korea’s deputy minister for small businesses, got a call from his boss to make an urgent three-hour car trip to visit ...

Ten years ago, the Indiana community of Austin made headlines for its historic HIV outbreak brought on by intravenous drug ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After a large pile of an estimated 500 syringes was found on a pedestrian bridge that is frequented by Albuquerque students, KRQE News 13 began looking into how syringes end ...

A syringe delivery and pick up program has the green light from state health officials to operate in Santa Ana. City officials strongly object. Why it matters: The nonprofit Harm Reduction Institute ...

The City of Roseburg, Oregon, has banned needle exchange and distribution on public property like parks, streets and sidewalks. This ban was created in an effort to ensure public safety, but advocates ...

This year is on track to be the deadliest year yet for overdoses. As frontline workers serving the community, social workers are doing everything in their capacity to address the overdose crisis and ...