There are few worse ways to awake a person than with a needle stick in the arm to draw blood. If you have ever spent the night in a hospital, chances are the first thing that happened in the morning ...

While many people don't love the idea of getting poked with an injection, some people have "trypanophobia," which is an intense fear of needles. Approximately 20% of people fear needles to some extent ...

Doctors at Children's Mercy Hospital say fear of needles keeps many people from getting shots. A pediatric psychologist talks about the tools they are using to help patients receive COVID-19 vaccines ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four adults has a fear of needles, which many say started when they were kids. For some people, the fear of needles is strong ...

Almost all new parents go through it: the distress of hearing their child scream at the doctor’s office. They endure the emotional torture of having to hold their child down as the clinician sticks ...

MADISON, Wis. — Doctors say vaccines are one of the most important parts of the effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic, but they recognize some people’s fear of needles may be getting in the way. UW ...