US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health emergency
Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday.
Jun 25, 2024
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Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday.
Jun 25, 2024
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Roughly 60% of all Black Americans are exposed to some form of gun violence, and such exposures predict elevated rates of disability, according to Rutgers Health research.
May 21, 2024
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Nearly 100,000 U.S. children lost a parent in 2020 to gun violence or drug overdose, a three-fold rise since 1999, according to a new study.
May 6, 2024
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The crack of a gunshot ringing out in the night is all too familiar to many Americans. A new study captures just how common—and potentially disruptive—nighttime gunshots can be in American cities.
Apr 3, 2024
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Gun violence has exploded across the U.S. in recent years—from mass shootings at concerts and supermarkets to school fights settled with a bullet after the last bell.
Mar 14, 2024
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A New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center study is the first to provide nationally representative data on gun use, storage and violence within Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native (AIAN) families.
Mar 4, 2024
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The lifting of a two-decade drought in federal funding for firearm injury prevention research was strongly associated with an increase in both clinical trials and publications on gun violence, according to a new report published ...
Feb 8, 2024
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Black adults who have been exposed to gun violence are more likely to have lifetime suicidal ideation, according to a study by Rutgers Health researchers.
Feb 6, 2024
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To tackle America's gun problem, a growing number of states are using Medicaid dollars to pay for community-based programs intended to stop shootings. The idea is to boost resources for violence prevention programs, which ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Considerable attention has focused on mental illness as a major contributor to homicides in the United States. Serious mental illness affects more than 14 million Americans ages 18 and older and nearly 58 million people reported ...
Dec 11, 2023
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