A fear of injections can affect an individual’s health and prevent them from getting important vaccinations. Counseling and other therapies may help a person manage or overcome trypanophobia.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Caution: If you have a fear of needles, you may experience heightened anxiety from reading this post. Approximately 10 percent of people in the U.S. have a fear of needles, also known as trypanophobia ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...