Some patients who came to seek treatment had some red marks or rash on their skin, but we didn't find any needle puncture wounds.

CNN: Chinese doctors say some claims of needle-stabbings are mistaken

"Some could have been bitten by insects such as mosquitoes, and in other cases there were moles, or skin pigmentation, and we couldn't find a needle puncture wound, " said Wang, speaking at the news conference.

CNN: Chinese doctors say some claims of needle-stabbings are mistaken

Some patients who had needle puncture wounds experienced some discomfort in the area of the wound, and showed some symptoms, but couldn't give an accurate account of what they perceived to have been a needle attack.

CNN: Chinese doctors say some claims of needle-stabbings are mistaken

Asiatic black bears are kept for bile farming in Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia, and their bile, which is collected via repeated needle puncture of the gallbladder, is then used in traditional Asian medicines.

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"There are incompetent people, and the device shoots a needle so you can puncture something, " concedes Allswede, who supports King's effort because he is concerned that U.S. federal and local emergency management services are currently not able to deliver stockpiled AtroPen fast enough to an exposed area.

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