Japan is famous for its vending machines. It could easily be dubbed the “Land of the Vending Machines.” While most countries stick to selection of drinks and snacks, Japan’s line-up also includes cute ...

The Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (NEWAHEC) and Healthiest Manitowoc County Substance Use Prevention Coalition (HMC-SUP) teamed up to create a public health vending machine ...

The city of Gary installed its first Narcan vending machine at the Adam Benjamin Jr. Metro Center on March 21, and the health department plans to install additional machines throughout the city.

Several local reproductive justice organizations have teamed up to open a vending machine in New Orleans that will carry emergency contraception and condoms. On Saturday (April 12), at Skeeta Hawk ...

The machines will be completely free and anonymous, officials said, but people will be limited to three items per transaction. Don’t look for chocolate, soda or cheese puffs at these new vending ...

We're used to vending machines plunking out a soda, a bag of chips or a favorite candy bar. But what about dispensing a new book? That's the novel approach about a half-dozen Des Moines Public ...

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- Some new health and wellness vending machines in Sonoma County are raising a few eyebrows, while providing access to lifesaving supplies from Narcan to gun locks ...

MANITOWOC, Wis. (WBAY) - Manitowoc now has its first Narcan vending machine. It’s an effort to address the overdose crisis by providing free Narcan without the stigma. The public health vending ...

Beeston Primary School and Bishop Young Academy were the proud recipients of brand-new book vending machines, part of a wider initiative to inspire a lifelong love of reading among children.

"I kind of put it together and thought, you know, vending machines would be cool," he said. Initially the city wasn't sure what to do with his idea, but after a few years, Zero Service Vending was ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Dane County is introducing harm reduction vending machines to tackle the opioid crisis. These machines, located outside two Madison hospitals, offer life-saving naloxone and other ...