While the standard needle size for vaccination is 1 inch, it's recommended that women over 200 lbs. and men over 260 lbs. get shots with 1.5-inch needles. (Getty Images) Most people don’t want to ...

An estimated 25% of Americans have a fear of needles and 16% skip getting vaccines because of that fear, according to Harvard Medical School. Sometimes trypanophobia stems from a traumatic childhood ...

Chemotherapy infusions. Hemodialysis for kidney failure. Diabetes insulin injections. If you have a chronic illness, it can feel like every potentially lifesaving test or treatment requires a needle.

A fear of needles, or trypanophobia, can be debilitating. This fear keeps countless people from getting blood tests, having dental work, and receiving potentially lifesaving vaccines. “When I was 5 ...

Nobody likes getting shots, right? But for some, especially children, the prospect of a needle can be terrifying. Now that 12- to 15-year-olds are able to get the Pfizer vaccine, parents with ...

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