Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...

My generation—which is to say, the pillbox generation—came of age during the 1990s. The number of adults who were taking five ...

This flu season, there’s a new way to protect yourself and your family—without booking an appointment, sitting in a waiting room, or bracing for a needle. FluMist, a nasal spray vaccine that has been ...

Sanofi Pasteur's Fluzone Intradermal is less than a tenth of an inch long, the first flu vaccine that works by injecting just into the skin. The new needle is about as long as a single drop of ...

Not many people enjoy getting a shot, but some people feel particularly anxious about it, which may make it more painful. Several strategies can help reduce anxiety and ease post-injection pain.

The Allan government has come under fire for refusing to fund a new needle-free flu vaccine that is costing Victorian ...

Child receives polio vaccine injection with the Tropis Needle-free Injection System during a vaccination campaign in Somalia.