SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A "Harm Reduction Vending Machine" as it's called, has been installed in the lobby of the Edwin M. Lee Apartments in San Francisco. It's an affordable housing community in ...

A local nonprofit organization has a new way to help save lives. A local nonprofit organization has a new way to help save lives. Health Outreach Prevention and Education, also known as HOPE, has a ...

Packaging solutions provider Syntegon has launched its latest MLD Advanced filling machine, tailored for ready-to-use (RTU) nested syringes. This new offering is designed to meet the escalating ...

A needle exchange program in Puerto Rico is testing a vending machine that provides drug users with clean syringes after-hours to fight the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. Dr. Jose Vargas Vidot is the ...

New York City is establishing a program that will install public health vending machines (PHVM) in 10 spots across the city to combat overdoses and the opioid epidemic. The PHVMs will dispense sterile ...

There has been a surge in the number of syringes being collected by the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Council staff collected 1,138 needles last year but it has blown out to 5,323 in the first nine ...

A vending machine dispensing free sterile syringes for veterans has been installed at the Edwin M. Lee Apartments in San Francisco. "The evidence shows us that providing clean needles does not lead to ...