When seven people arrived at a Delaware hospital in March with drug-resistant MRSA infections, the similarities were alarming. All of the patients had the same strain of MRSA, all had the infections ...

As drug-resistant superbugs and increasingly virulent viruses menace the medical world, patients face a threat that was supposed to die with the advent of the disposable syringe 150 years ago: dirty ...

B. Braun Medical, a German device maker with U.S. headquarters in Bethlehem, Pa., is set to pay up to $7.8 million to resolve its criminal liability for selling contaminated pre-filled saline flush ...

DENVER (CBS4)- Dirty needles lying near a popular bike path in Denver may sound like something from the past, but it's become something that is once again visible as the opioid crisis continues.

NEW ORLEANS — Because of the opioid epidemic, the city is installing special bins in public places in hopes of getting used syringes and needles off of the streets. As the number of people who are ...

In Okhla slum, the medical quacks — unlicensed medical practitioners — know what to say when they’re asked about syringes: use once, and only once; break immediately. They make a snapping motion with ...

In this Sept. 15, 2022, file photo, a container for drug needles hangs on a tree in Tent City behind the Hope House in Bangor. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN Bangor’s opioid-driven syringe waste ...