Probability of dying from road injury has dropped worldwide in all but 5 nations
Road injuries have become more frequent but less fatal over the past three decades, according to a new scientific study.
Jan 9, 2020
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Road injuries have become more frequent but less fatal over the past three decades, according to a new scientific study.
Jan 9, 2020
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Rates of drowning deaths in US states that more comprehensively regulate open water swim sites are three to four times lower than in states without any such policies, reveals research published online in the journal Injury ...
Jan 7, 2020
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A team of researchers from the NYU School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center has found that people involved in e-bike accidents are more likely to have internal injuries than are those riding electric scooters or pedal-powered ...
Heat-related incidents resulted in nearly 9 million injuries and more than 120,000 deaths worldwide in 2017, according to a new scientific study.
Dec 19, 2019
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One in four adults in California lives in a household with a gun, including around 1 in 7 (14%) who personally own a firearm, suggest the results of a survey published in the journal Injury Prevention.
Dec 5, 2019
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A study of 429 firearm owners who answered the 2018 California Safety and Wellbeing Survey has identified five distinct types of firearm owners—early work that may help assess risk and tailor injury prevention strategies ...
Oct 10, 2019
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To classify a death as a suicide, medical examiners and coroners rely on hard evidence, perhaps a suicide note or a gun near the body.
Oct 8, 2019
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Three research studies by the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) provide new data and report on current strategies and future efforts that can further reduce firearm-related injury and death. A fourth study, ...
Oct 7, 2019
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Counties in the United States with greater gaps between rich and poor have a higher rate of homicide deaths involving firearms, according to a national study by researchers at the University of Washington School of Public ...
Feb 21, 2019
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Of the three states that recently expanded comprehensive background check (CBC) policies to include all gun transfers, including those among private parties, only Delaware showed an overall increase in firearm background ...
Nov 27, 2018
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