Many children associate injections with pain or discomfort, often having heard about them from peers or adults. This ...

A computerized video tool designed to reduce fear of dental injections has the potential to help patients stop avoiding dental care due to fear, according to a new study in a supplement of the Journal ...

A nine-year-old Mumbai girl died of rabies months after a dog scratch, having skipped life-saving vaccine shots due to fear of injections.

They trust the vaccine. They want the vaccine. But millions of U.S. residents who pass out or beat feet at the sight of a hypodermic needle are risking COVID rather than getting a shot in the arm.

For chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, treatment often involves lifelong injections. Fear of needles, injection-associated infection and pain are responsible for patients skipping doses, ...