Health & Safety News & Media
Narcan vending machines make their way to Guam
August 5, 2024
Guam Behavioral Health is responding to an influx of fentanyl from the U.S. by installing a free Narcan vending machine outside of its health and wellness…
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Pittsburg launches 7 free Narcan vending machines
August 5, 2024
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has taken a significant step in combating the opioid epidemic by installing three of seven planned vending machines dispensing…
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Ontario cities install touch screen vending machines for condoms, overdose kits
August 1, 2024
High-tech vending machines are offering a range of harm reduction products, including naloxone kits, pipes and other drug supplies, condoms and self-testing…
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St. Louis area to install free Narcan vending machines to combat overdose crisis
July 31, 2024
Three St. Louis Metro area towns plan to install free Narcan vending machines, according to a Fox 2 Now report.
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Walker County, Alabama installs 2 free Narcan vending machines
July 30, 2024
Two Narcan vending machines have been installed in Carbon Hill, Alabama, according to a WVUA 23 report. Each machines can hold up to 424 doses of Narcan, an…
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NYC public health vending machine program stalls
July 26, 2024
New York City's initiative to install 10 public health vending machines across the city has fallen short, according to a VNY report. Despite initial plans…
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Hardin, Montana vending machine provides free recovery resources
July 25, 2024
A vending machine called "the healthy choices kiosk" installed at the H.O.P.E. recovery center in Hardin, Montana, is proving to be successful, according to a…
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Malaysia's Ministry of Health to ban all smoking products in vending machines
July 12, 2024
Malaysia's Ministry of Health is finalizing regulations to enforce a ban on selling all smoking products, including electronic cigarettes (vapes), through…
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Linn County, Iowa home to multiple Narcan vending machines
July 11, 2024
Linn County, Iowa is home to multiple vending machines offering free Narcan, an opioid overdose reversal medication, according to a KWWL report.
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Kent, Ohio unveils public health vending machine
July 11, 2024
A vending machine in downtown Kent, Ohio is offering access to free opioid overdose reversal medication, pregnancy tests, condoms and other health items…
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Health kiosk in Spokane offers free COVID-19, flu tests
July 10, 2024
Spokane Regional Health District has opened a kiosk that offers free COVID and flu tests, according to a KXLY report. It will soon offer other items like…
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Pennsylvania's free "Health To Go" vending machine dispenses resources 24/7
July 2, 2024
Penn State College of Medicine has partnered with the SOS Berks Opioid Coalition in Berks County, Pennsylvania to launch a smart 'Health To Go' vending…
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Australia's Inner West expands period product vending machine initiative
July 2, 2024
Sydney, Australia's Inner West Council has extended and expanded its initiative to provide free feminine hygiene products in public bathrooms, according to a …
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Adirondack Health Institute installs harm reduction vending machines
July 1, 2024
The Adirondack Health Institute's Rural Communities Opioid Response Program is partnering with local agencies to launch harm reduction vending machines in…
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Key Peninsula, Washington installs Narcan vending machine
June 28, 2024
Key Peninsula, in Washington, has installed a Narcan vending machine at Key Center library to assist anyone in danger of an opioid overdose, according to a Key…
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Ontario vending machine offers meth pipes, crack kits, harm reduction supplies
June 21, 2024
A vending machine installed in Brantford, Ontario is providing residents with low-barrier access to a wide range of harm-reduction supplies, according to a CTV…
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Chelan, Washington launches public healthcare kiosk
June 21, 2024
Chelan, Washington now has a kiosk that dispenses potentially life-saving overdose-reversal medication Narcan, according to a Lake Chelan Mirror report.
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Kaiser Permanente San Rafael installs Narcan vending machine
June 17, 2024
To fight a rise in opioid overdoses, Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael, California has launched a free Narcan vending machine at its San Rafael Medical Park…
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South Africa dads tackle period poverty with sanitary pad vending machines
June 14, 2024
A group of dads in South Africa worked with the MENstruation Foundation to come up with a solution to the lack of access to sanitary pads for school girls…
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Narcan vending machine aims to prevent opioid overdoses in California
June 11, 2024
A Narcan dispensing vending machine has been installed at a medical office in Marin County, California.
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