ALBANY – It will soon be one needle – and only one needle – per customer at New York tattoo and body piercing shops. Gov. Cuomo signed legislation Friday that requires tattoo and body piercing shops ...

LIVERMORE — Some in City Hall are objecting to plans for a body-piercing shop near the navel of a downtown that has recently undergone a $12 million face-lift. Councilwoman Marj Leider has appealed ...

The body piercing procedure is relatively quick and simple. Body piercing artists, not medical providers, perform body piercing; therefore local anesthetic use is contraindicated. Anesthesia is not ...

OLYMPIA — Washington is one of 16 states where minors can get their bellybuttons or tongues pierced without their parents’ permission. But that looks likely to change this year, state lawmakers say.

The Queensland Government is offering free blood tests to anyone who has had body piercing at a Wide Bay salon after investigations have found up to 100 people could have been exposed to blood borne ...