A Bronx council member wants to force the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to pick up used drug needles that ...
Joanne Cuffe (45) and an unidentified man armed with a stick threatened to stab the women with “dirty needles” unless they ...
He faced prison sentences adding up to 120 years. The sickness that they suffered from was serum hepatitis (“needle jaundice”), the form of the disease in which the virus goes from one ...
Needle-sharing sites are intended to lessen the usage and spread of dirty needles and offer fresh injecting equipment to just about anyone. Tainted or used materials can also be dropped off at the ...
The number of 311 reports of discarded needles has surged since the city ended a popular needle-buyback program.
Dirty needles and contaminated instruments are the usual suspects in BBP exposure cases. Often, these injuries occur due to rushed procedures, inadequate training or lack of proper safety devices.
Locals have been left disgusted at the discovery of drug paraphernalia after two instances of dirty needles littering the ...