ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As the drug epidemic explodes, one Albuquerque community is trying to stop the neighborhood’s needle hazard. They have put up two makeshift needle collection containers on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s important to manage and dispose of sharps (needles, lancets, and syringes) safely to prevent injury and disease transmission ...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies and the Clay County Health Department are teaming up to warn neighbors about properly disposing their needles. They say 3 sanitation workers were pricked by needles over ...

WEST COVINA – Los Angeles County is teaming up with the city to get needles out of the trash and into the fire. A pilot program seeks to make it easier for people who inject themselves with legal ...

Jul. 8—Area residents now have a new way to dispose of used or unneeded needles and other sharps intended for medical use. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma installed a red sharps disposal box at its ...