The website will help people understand the public health risks created by improperly disposing of used sharps and how users should safely dispose of them. Sharps is a term for medical devices with ...

Seminole County has collected nearly 1 million used needles, syringes and lancets since the “SHARPS” disposal program began. Since the solid-waste division started the program on July 5, 1994, ...

As the opioid crisis continues to affect millions of Americans, Starbucks says it will move forward with plans to install more needle-disposal boxes in select store bathrooms nationwide. The move, ...

Starbucks' efforts to address opioid use and improperly disposed needles in its bathrooms are expanding. Starbucks stores in at least 25 US markets have installed needle-disposal boxes in bathrooms in ...

In the minutes before her social psychology exam last semester, Shrayder Fischer, an IU junior studying clinical psychology, reached into her backpack for a pencil and accidentally pricked herself on ...

The addition of two new sharps disposal boxes add to the effort of offering proper disposal of needles, lancets, syringes and ...

The public health forces behind an effort to provide safe disposal locations for sharps in rural Southern Berkshire County ...