They might not know it themselves. It is therefore never safe to share someone else's needles or syringes. Trained health workers should sterilise needles and syringes before they are used again.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers representing Sanford is sponsoring the legislation, which went to a public hearing Monday. If ...

Texas teachers suspended after school children give each other tattoos with the same shared needle - Outraged parents complained after children came home with tattoos like ‘I heart my lord’ in ...

They might not know it themselves. It is therefore never safe to share someone else's needles or syringes. Trained health workers should sterilise needles and syringes before they are used again.

Cities and towns, faced with the spread of blood-borne diseases like HIV from addicts sharing needles, will provide a site to pick up clean needles (sometimes free, sometimes not) and connect ...

Intravenous needle sharing, infected blood transfusions and transmission from mother to child during birth and breastfeeding can also cause HIV infection. The symptoms become manifest two to four ...

People contracting HIV due to the use of infected needles and syringes is on the rise and this has witnessed nearly 25 per cent increase in the number of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in the past ...

Teachers have been suspended after children at a school in Texas gave themselves tattoos, sharing the same needle. Pupils at Travis Intermediate School were forced to take blood tests over fears ...