ATLANTA - If you are a needle-phobe, you have lots of company. About 1 in 4 adults have a strong fear of needles, according to the CDC, with about 1 in 10 delaying or skipping vaccinations because of ...

Doctors say fear of needles keeps many people from getting shots. A pediatric psychologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City said there are tools they’re using to help patients receive COVID ...

A fear of needles in a medical setting (often called trypanophobia when it’s more severe) is common and can make TRT injections feel intimidating, but understanding why it happens can make it easier ...

A health care tool for an overlooked public health problemFear of needles is one of health care’s most common, and most ignored, barriers.

Kimberlee McGregor of Cocoa brought her son Eli, 10 months, into the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center on a recent morning because he was congested ...

Ever looked at a turtle — or even a squid — and thought, “You know what? That just might change my life”? Probably not. But here’s the good news: researchers at Mass General Brigham and MIT have had ...