(Family Features) — When it comes to disposing used household medical needles or sharps, safety is the point. Every day, millions of people around the United States use needles, lancets and ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Residents who regularly use syringes to take medications, such as insulin, should be aware the New Mexico Department of Health offers safe disposal of needles ...

A new pilot program in Oklahoma is aiming to help people safely dispose of sharp medical objects like needles and syringes.

In an effort to reduce the health and safety risks posed by improperly discarded needles and syringes, the Huron County Health Department has launched a 24/7 Community Sharps Collection Site where ...

But many of those needles are turning up in parks. Now, city staffers have tips on what people should do if they find a dirty needle.

We receive a lot of questions about how to dispose of syringes, both used and unused.

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to have junkies toss their used syringes into special receptacles has failed to clean up drug-infested parks, and the bins are serving more as suggestion boxes ...

Do syringe service programs, where persons who inject drugs can access sterile needles and syringes, belong near schools and parks and other areas that attract families and children? And does Lowell’s ...

Syringe disposal boxes were recently installed at Boone Square, Portland, and Shelby Parks. Metro Parks identified the three parks as locations where its staff routinely finds syringes, according ...

Snohomish County Solid Waste Operations Manager Dave Schonhard shows the new disposal site for sealed sharps containers, which are included in free needle clean-up kits, at the recycling and ...

A needle discarded in Burlington inspired a Reddit user to remind the community about how to safely handle the situation. Here are the steps.

The move comes after Starbucks employees voiced their concerns about handling needles left in the store Following a flood of worker concerns, Starbucks is adding needle-disposal boxes to bathrooms ...