After having a life-long extreme needle phobia and being ridiculed as a “cry baby” for avoiding flu, tetanus, shingles and pneumonia shots for the last 30 years, The Baltimore Sun’s article on the ...

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 ...

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Do you tremble at the thought of having your blood drawn or getting a shot? You’re not alone. In fact, more than 1 in 10 American adults suffer from a fear of needles — also known as trypanophobia.

A fear of needles in a medical setting (often called trypanophobia when it’s more severe) is common and can make TRT ...

The fear of needles is preventing some from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Trypanophobia affects 10% of the U.S. population; approximately 32.8 million Americans. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever ...

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Scared of needles? You're not alone. Trypanophobia, the medical term for extreme fear of needles, is nothing new. It's like any other phobia: It could be rational or irrational, but the fact is, it ...