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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. --Robin Dial can’t believe the countless hypodermic needles that are still littering her favorite dog beach in Newport after recent rains, CBS Los Angeles reports. “It’s amazing ...

Dozens of hypodermic needles are being found in our area and police say that points to an opioid epidemic and a real health threat for our community. "I just happened to look down and there were four ...

People often fail to notice mosquito bites. Yet hypodermic needle injections generally cause a sharp pain. This oddity was not lost on Japanese researchers at Kansai University in Osaka. They recently ...

It's a flashback to all the stories of hypodermic needles washing up on shores: Over the weekend, a 7-year-old girl was jabbed by an old needle on Staten Island's South Beach. The previous week, a ...