Alex Denley, a 23-year-old philosophy doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, doesn’t seem like someone who would be vaccine hesitant. They’re determined to stop COVID-19 from ...

As the world stares down another seasonal “tripledemic,” health experts are calling on everyone — that is, everyone who’s eligible — to get vaccinated for influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial ...

Video above: Doctor aims to reduce COVID-19 vaccine skepticismAs a fourth-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Amanda Walker knows that vaccinations are both safe and ...

For nearly four decades, even the sight of a needle or thought of getting an injection terrified Allyson Clark. The fear was so intense that she avoided most medical care as an adult, eschewing annual ...

Daniel Freeman receives funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). The current research was funded by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical ...

TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — While many Canadians have been able to breathe a sigh of relief over the COVID-19 vaccine, there are some people who look at the shot with a sense of impending doom.

A health care tool for an overlooked public health problemFear of needles is one of health care’s most common, and most ignored, barriers.

Just educating someone about vaccines doesn't decrease fear of needles. Source: Photo by CDC on Unsplash When we look at whether a fear of needles (trypanophobia) hinders a person from getting ...

A fear of needles in a medical setting (often called trypanophobia when it’s more severe) is common and can make TRT injections feel intimidating, but understanding why it happens can make it easier ...