While many people don't love the idea of getting poked with an injection, some people have "trypanophobia," which is an intense fear of needles. Approximately 20% of people fear needles to some extent ...

BRASILIA, Brazil – Surgeons on Friday successfully removed four sewing needles from the lung and near the heart of a Brazilian toddler, allegedly plunged into him by his stepfather during a monthlong ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The CDC says that approximately 25% of Americans have a fear of needles, but that should not stop you from getting the COVID-19 vaccine, so one Piedmont Columbus Regional doctor ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four adults has a fear of needles, which many say started when they were kids. For some people, the fear of needles is strong ...

Doctors at Children's Mercy Hospital say fear of needles keeps many people from getting shots. A pediatric psychologist talks about the tools they are using to help patients receive COVID-19 vaccines ...

BRASILIA, Brazil – A 2-year-old Brazilian boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body and a doctor treating the boy said Wednesday they were apparently stuck there one by one. Dr. Luiz ...

Jacinta Ndunge holding her 10 moth old daughter Jane Wairimu [Photo: Kamau Maichuhie] Doctors are baffled after they pulled out 13 needles from baby’s buttocks An X-ray revealed 14 sewing needles were ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Medical Board is investigating allegations that a San Diego doctor used dirty needles on pediatric patients. Newly released documents by the California Medical ...

On May 3, 2018, medics at Kapenguria Referral Hospital in West Pokot were puzzled after finding seven needles lodged in the stomach of a three-year-old girl. The Kapenguria incident comes just months ...

Newly released documents by the California Medical board state Dr. Bret Robert Gerber used dirty syringes on a 2-year-old and a 10-year-old in July, 2016. Gerber worked at Scripps Coastal Medical ...