Emilie Ashbes works in community engagement at IDEA, the syringe exchange program in Miami. Florida’s first syringe exchange program will mark its seventh anniversary on Dec. 1 and Emilie Ashbes is a ...

Frustrated with used needles littering city streets, some local officials have called for renewed restrictions on syringe service programs, which they say contribute to the recent rise in needle waste ...

With coronavirus vaccines currently being administered around the country, it feels appropriate to remember the Irishman who pioneered the hypodermic needle. Born in 1801, Francis Rynd was a Dublin ...

PITTSBURGH — In Pittsburgh overdose deaths are rising: from 2019 to 2020 overdoses increased in the city by 22%. In response, the city announced on Thursday its first syringe service program, one that ...

In Pittsburgh overdose deaths are rising: from 2019 to 2020 overdoses increased in the city by 22%. In response, the city announced on Thursday its first syringe service program, one that would be ...