Las Vegas health officials are turning a familiar piece of equipment — the vending machine — into a first-in-the-nation experiment to automate the dispensing of clean needles for intravenous drug ...

Groups trying to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious diseases are using vending machines to get clean needles, pipes, wound care... Instead of sodas, these vending machines offer ...

Needle-dispensing vending machines could be installed at five locations across central Ottawa, making it the first city in Canada to offer sterile syringes in machines to reduce drug-related virus ...

(CNN) — From diapers to needles to bike helmets, vending machines have been rebuilt to go beyond breath mints and cold soda. These automated dispensers have come a long way since their invention in ...

Needle exchange programs are generally considered a huge success. In New York state, the programs have been credited with virtually eradicating the transmission of AIDS through contaminated needles.

From diapers to needles to bike helmets, vending machines have been rebuilt to go beyond breath mints and cold soda. These automated dispensers have come a long way since their invention in the early ...

The small city of North Adams, nestled in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is well-know as a hub of contemporary art, a bucolic haven for stressed New Yorkers, and an autumn leaf peeping ...