Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the standard needle size for vaccination is 1 inch, it's recommended that women over 200 lbs. and men over 260 lbs. get ...

NEW YORK – Our ever-expanding waistlines may have outgrown the doctor's needle, researchers say, in what could be another casualty of the obesity epidemic. In a new study, the researchers report that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Longer, 1.5-inch needles yielded better results in obese adolescents after immunization with hepatitis B vaccine ...

Americans of all shapes and sizes are heading to pharmacies and doctors' offices this fall for flu and Covid shots, but they may not know that size matters when it comes to the needle going into their ...

Most people don’t want to think about the needle part of getting a vaccine any more than they have to — but you might want to start. Your weight may mean that you need a larger needle than you assumed ...