EMERGENCY CARE

EMERGENCY CARE

Syringes in the emergency room.Photo: Magnus Lejhall / TT / code 10658

Influenza Vaccines - Stock

Influenza Vaccines - Stock

EDMONTON, CANADA - FEBRUARY 13: Medical syringes and influenza vaccine vials displayed in an illustrative composition in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

Influenza Vaccines - Stock

Influenza Vaccines - Stock

EDMONTON, CANADA - FEBRUARY 13: Medical syringes and influenza vaccine vials displayed in an illustrative composition in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

Scenes From New Orleans Daily Life - USA

Scenes From New Orleans Daily Life - USA

Scenes from New Orleans daily life, in Louisiana, USA, on April 20, 2024. French district also known as Vieux Carré, shots served in syringes in a Bourbon street bar. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Scenes From New Orleans Daily Life - USA

Scenes From New Orleans Daily Life - USA

Scenes from New Orleans daily life, in Louisiana, USA, on April 20, 2024. French district also known as Vieux Carré, shots served in syringes in a Bourbon street bar. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes and capsules at the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes and capsules at the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes and capsules at the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes capsules of the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes capsules of the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes capsules of the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes capsules of the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes capsules of the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

Unither Pharmaceuticals in Amiens FA

This photograph shows syringes capsules of the French outsourced manufacture of pharmaceutical products company Unither Pharmaceuticals, in Amiens on November 8, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-BIOMEDICINE AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-BIOMEDICINE AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY (CN)

(240528) -- SHENYANG, May 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This undated file photo shows a staff member preparing to check pre-filled syringes at Liaoning Chengda Co., Ltd. in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. In recent years, Shenyang has created an environment to better develop biomedicine and medical equipment industries, laying a foundation to form medical industrial clusters. In 2023, Shenyang's biomedical and medical equipment industry achieved a total industrial output value of 28.16 billion yuan (about 3.89 billion U.S. dollars) with a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. And three national technology centers have been cultivated. In the future, Shenyang will increase its support toward innovation and promote the construction of leading pharmaceutical enterprises and related industrial parks. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-BIOMEDICINE AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-BIOMEDICINE AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY (CN)

(240528) -- SHENYANG, May 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows a staff member preparing to check pre-filled syringes at Liaoning Chengda Co., Ltd. in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. In recent years, Shenyang has created an environment to better develop biomedicine and medical equipment industries, laying a foundation to form medical industrial clusters. In 2023, Shenyang's biomedical and medical equipment industry achieved a total industrial output value of 28.16 billion yuan (about 3.89 billion U.S. dollars) with a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. And three national technology centers have been cultivated. In the future, Shenyang will increase its support toward innovation and promote the construction of leading pharmaceutical enterprises and related industrial parks. (Xinhua)

Edmonton Urban Struggles Captured In Images

Edmonton Urban Struggles Captured In Images

EDMONTON, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: Street bin for used syringes seen in downtown Edmonton, on September 29, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Canada's downtowns, vital for economic growth and social vitality, are in crisis due to the pandemic, economic shifts, changing work patterns, opioid crisis, mental health issues, and homelessness. Edmonton, for example, faces a rising office vacancy rate post-pandemic, leading building owners and managers to collaborate with community groups on drug, homelessness, and crime issues. Solving these complex challenges requires a whole-of-society approach, involving the private sector, civil society, and all levels of government, with the need for creative, multi-stakeholder solutions to secure our cities' futures. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

Tanzania's waste collection campaign seeks to promote sustainable tourism

STORY: Tanzania's waste collection campaign seeks to promote sustainable tourism DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:35 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of volunteers collecting wastes 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MICHAEL GOMBE, Co-organizer, City Clean Tanzania STORYLINE: The City Clean Tanzania is a movement established early this year to undertake waste management in several cities to promote sustainable tourism in Tanzania. SOUNDBITE (English): MICHAEL GOMBE, Co-organizer, City Clean Tanzania "The main part of this movement is sustainable tourism. As I have mentioned, different cities are into the peak of tourism. We are losing a lot of money because people do not want to come to a place which is dirty because it's dangerous for their health. We are going around different places, you find different wastes. We have been collecting more than 50 syringes, used syringes, which are very dangerous. So nobody will like to tour to a place that is infecting their lives, it'

110 tons of medical waste dumped in Hiroshima

110 tons of medical waste dumped in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Plastic containers filled with infectious medical waste are left unattended inside the compound of an industrial waste incinerating facility in Hiroshima's Asakita Ward. About 110 tons of medical wastes packed into some 11,000 containers have been found inside the compound. The police say the medical waste, such as used syringes, blood transfusion tubes and medical masks, was collected by the Osaka-based garbage disposal company Kotoku from several medical institutions in Osaka Prefecture. Kotoku allegedly subcontracted -- without government approval -- the disposal to various garbage disposal operators in Tottori and Hiroshima prefectures and the medical waste ended up in the disposal facility. The police are investigating the case on suspicion of industrial waste law violation. (Photo taken on Aug. 18)

Plasma device to dispose of medical waste

Plasma device to dispose of medical waste

NAGOYA, Japan - A man looks at a plasma-based device to dispose of dangerous medical waste which Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled March 29. The utility will install the device at a Nagoya hospital and test it for one year from April. Data gathered will allow the firm to decide whether to manufacture the device commercially. The device measuring 3.1 by 6.3 by 6.8 meters, dispose of 100 kilograms of medical waste such as needle-tipped syringes and plastic intravenous drip bags in eight hours, producing one-50th the amount of dioxin allowed by new government regulations to take effect from December 2002

Tens of thousands of syringes drift ashore in Ishikawa Pref.

Tens of thousands of syringes drift ashore in Ishikawa Pref.

MONZEN, Japan - A town hall official in Monzen, Ishikawa Prefecture, shows syringes found drifting ashore in the Sea of Japan town Dec. 27. Town officials said tens of thousands of the syringes are all unused with caps covering the needles and are in bags which have text in a foreign language on them.

U.S.-CHICAGO-MONKEYPOX-VACCINATION

U.S.-CHICAGO-MONKEYPOX-VACCINATION

(220726) -- CHICAGO, July 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Syringes containing monkeypox vaccine dose are pictured in Chicago, the United States, on July 25, 2022. Nearly 3,000 confirmed monkeypox cases have been reported in the United States, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Photo by Vincent Johnson/Xinhua)

More China-donated COVID-19 vaccine syringes arrive in Myanmar

STORY: More China-donated COVID-19 vaccine syringes arrive in Myanmar DATELINE: May 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: HEALTH/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the handover ceremony STORYLINE: A new batch of 5.42 million China-donated COVID-19 vaccine syringes arrived in Myanmar's Yangon on Saturday, said a statement from the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar. China's latest donation of 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and 13 million COVID-19 vaccine syringes to Myanmar have arrived in Yangon in separate batches, the embassy said. Of them, the final batch of 5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses is slated to arrive in Yangon on May 29, the embassy's statement said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar. (XHTV)

HEALTH - CORONAVIRUS/INDIA

HEALTH - CORONAVIRUS/INDIA

Disposed syringes are seen after a health worker inoculates students with a dose of a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a vaccination drive for people in the 15-18 age group at a school in Guwahati, Assam, India on January 3, 2022. India has detected more than 1,700 cases of Omicron variant of novel coronavirus infection. (Photo by David Talukdar/NurPhoto) (Credit:David Talukdar/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

Closeup of the syringes with shot. Vaccination center in Eindhoven with 20 lanes and the capacity of 7500 vaccines per day. The jabs are administered by GGD healthcare workers as a booster shot to protect from Covid-19. The third-dose booster is available for all in the Netherlands. The country is in a lockdown as the nation battles the outbreak of the new Omicron variant, sars-cov-2 coronavirus mutation of the pandemic. Eindhoven, The Netherlands on January 7, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Credit:Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

Closeup of the syringes with shot. Vaccination center in Eindhoven with 20 lanes and the capacity of 7500 vaccines per day. The jabs are administered by GGD healthcare workers as a booster shot to protect from Covid-19. The third-dose booster is available for all in the Netherlands. The country is in a lockdown as the nation battles the outbreak of the new Omicron variant, sars-cov-2 coronavirus mutation of the pandemic. Eindhoven, The Netherlands on January 7, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Credit:Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

Closeup of the syringes with shot. Vaccination center in Eindhoven with 20 lanes and the capacity of 7500 vaccines per day. The jabs are administered by GGD healthcare workers as a booster shot to protect from Covid-19. The third-dose booster is available for all in the Netherlands. The country is in a lockdown as the nation battles the outbreak of the new Omicron variant, sars-cov-2 coronavirus mutation of the pandemic. Eindhoven, The Netherlands on January 7, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Credit:Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

SDF-operated COVID-19 mass vaccination

SDF-operated COVID-19 mass vaccination

Photo taken on Jan. 31, 2022, shows syringes containing Moderna vaccines against COVID-19, prepared at the site of mass vaccinations operated by the Japan Self-Defense Forces from the same day in Tokyo's Otemachi business district for people aged 18 or older getting their third shots. (Pool photo)

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

(220113) -- COTONOU, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin sign the handover document for the donation of the second batch of Sinovac vaccines and units of syringes offered by Chinese government, in Cotonou, Benin, Jan. 12, 2022. Benin on Wednesday received a second batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines as well as syringe units donated by the Chinese government. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

BENIN-COTONOU-COVID-19-VACCINE

(220113) -- COTONOU, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin exchange documents for the donation of the second batch of Sinovac vaccines and units of syringes offered by Chinese government, in Cotonou, Benin, Jan. 12, 2022. Benin on Wednesday received a second batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines as well as syringe units donated by the Chinese government. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/THAILAND

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/THAILAND

Medical staff prepare bottles of AstraZeneca vaccine to be inserted into syringes in order to vaccinate people at the auditorium of The Mall Ngamwongwan, Nonthaburi Province. (Photo by Atiwat Silpamethanont/NurPhoto) (Credit:Atiwat Silpamethanont/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

Children Vaccinate Against Covid-19 And Common Diseases - Colombia

Children Vaccinate Against Covid-19 And Common Diseases - Colombia

A biohazard waste filled with syringes during a vaccination day inviting mothers and minors over the age of 12 to vaccinate against COVID-19 with the Pfizer BioNtech Coronavirus vaccine and children below the age of 10 to get vaccinated with basic vaccines (Anti-Flu, Rubella and measles) in Bogota, Colombia on August, 28, 2021. Photo by Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Children Vaccinate Against Covid-19 And Common Diseases - Colombia

Children Vaccinate Against Covid-19 And Common Diseases - Colombia

Syringes that will be used to vaccinate against COVID-19 during a vaccination day inviting mothers and minors over the age of 12 to vaccinate against COVID-19 with the Pfizer BioNtech Coronavirus vaccine and children below the age of 10 to get vaccinated with basic vaccines (Anti-Flu, Rubella and measles) in Bogota, Colombia on August, 28, 2021. Photo by Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Administred At CHU - Lille

Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Administred At CHU - Lille

A nurse prepares Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine syringes against Covid-19 with new needles that can make 7 doses with one vial at the CHU hospital Lille, on March 18, 2021, Lille, France. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Administred At CHU - Lille

Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Administred At CHU - Lille

A nurse prepares Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine syringes against Covid-19 with new needles that can make 7 doses with one vial at the CHU hospital Lille, on March 18, 2021, Lille, France. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

REJUVENATRIX

REJUVENATRIX

REJUVENATRIX [US 1988] aka REJUVENATOR [Br release title] Date: 1988

Japan launches COVID-19 vaccinations

Japan launches COVID-19 vaccinations

Photo taken Feb. 17, 2021, shows syringes containing COVID-19 vaccine in Kiyose, Tokyo. Japan began administering COVID-19 vaccinations the same day, with health workers being first to get them.

COVID-19 vaccination in Japan

COVID-19 vaccination in Japan

Photo shows syringes for giving COVID-19 vaccinations at Osaka National Hospital in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2021.

Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Photo taken on Feb. 17, 2021, at the Tokyo Medical Center shows syringes prepared for coronavirus vaccinations. Japan began COVID-19 vaccinations the same day, with the first shots given at the state-run hospital. (Pool photo)

110 tons of medical waste dumped in Hiroshima

110 tons of medical waste dumped in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Plastic containers filled with infectious medical waste are left unattended inside the compound of an industrial waste incinerating facility in Hiroshima's Asakita Ward. About 110 tons of medical wastes packed into some 11,000 containers have been found inside the compound. The police say the medical waste, such as used syringes, blood transfusion tubes and medical masks, was collected by the Osaka-based garbage disposal company Kotoku from several medical institutions in Osaka Prefecture. Kotoku allegedly subcontracted -- without government approval -- the disposal to various garbage disposal operators in Tottori and Hiroshima prefectures and the medical waste ended up in the disposal facility. The police are investigating the case on suspicion of industrial waste law violation. (Photo taken on Aug. 18) (Kyodo)

Container for dangerous infectious waste

Container for dangerous infectious waste

Container for used syringes and dangerous infectious waste. These containers are in town on places where drugs addicts move more. (CTK Photo/Tomas Cerny)

syringe, syringes

syringe, syringes

The large-capacity vaccination center against COVID-19 start operation on February 22, 2021, in Liberec, Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic continues vaccination of seniors against coronavirus. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

Container for dangerous infectious waste

Container for dangerous infectious waste

Container for used syringes and dangerous infectious waste. These containers are in town on places where drugs addicts move more. (CTK Photo/Tomas Cerny)

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Photo shows syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and an empty vial at a large vaccination center set up by the Aichi prefectural government in the town of Toyoyama on May 24, 2021. Inoculations at the center in the central Japan prefecture began the same day.

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Photo shows syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and empty vials at a large vaccination center set up by the Aichi prefectural government in the town of Toyoyama on May 24, 2021. Inoculations at the center in the central Japan prefecture began the same day.

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Photo shows syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and empty vials at a large vaccination center set up by the Aichi prefectural government in the town of Toyoyama on May 24, 2021. Inoculations at the center in the central Japan prefecture began the same day.

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Vaccine developed by Moderna

Photo shows syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and empty vials at a large vaccination center set up by the Aichi prefectural government in the town of Toyoyama on May 24, 2021. Inoculations at the center in the central Japan prefecture began the same day.

syringe needle, Prague Municipal Police officer

syringe needle, Prague Municipal Police officer

The Prague Municipal Police officers, equipped with protective gloves, tweezers and a collecting container searched in parks and hidden nooks of Prague to pick up discarded syringes and needles for drug users on April 27, 2021. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

syringe needle, Prague Municipal Police officer

syringe needle, Prague Municipal Police officer

The Prague Municipal Police officers, equipped with protective gloves, tweezers and a collecting container searched in parks and hidden nooks of Prague to pick up discarded syringes and needles for drug users on April 27, 2021. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

syringe needle, Prague Municipal Police officer

syringe needle, Prague Municipal Police officer

The Prague Municipal Police officers, equipped with protective gloves, tweezers and a collecting container searched in parks and hidden nooks of Prague to pick up discarded syringes and needles for drug users on April 27, 2021. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)