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U-M researchers discuss trends in firearm-involved fatalities and policy considerations to decrease firearm deaths
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Psychiatrists can and should play a role in informing and educating policymakers in the public health crisis of gun violence.
A former colleague of mine maintained throughout his career that the most logical way for family physicians to provide…
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After decades of hype, biometrically enabled “smart” guns are officially on the market. Colorado-based Biofire Technologies…
There’s no question that parenting has gotten harder in this country.Gun violence is now the leading killer of children in this…
There’s no question that parenting has gotten harder in this country. Gun violence is now the leading killer of children in…
A majority of Americans say they or a family member has experienced gun violence, such as witnessing a shooting, being…
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Diego never imagined he’d carry a gun. Not as a child, when shots were fired outside his Chicago-area home. Not at age 12, when…
Diego never imagined he'd carry a gun. Not as a child, when shots were fired outside his Chicago-area home. Not at age 12, when…
New England Journal of Medicine: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated official…
The gun reform law Congress passed after two mass shootings by teenagers last year has begun blocking some firearm sales to…
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1. The homicide rate for children in the United States has increased by an average of 4.3% per year since 2013. 2. Children…
MILLSTADT, Ill. — It was a late Friday afternoon when a team of men approached a tiny pink casket. One wiped his brow. Another…
It was a late Friday afternoon when a team of men approached a tiny pink casket. One wiped his brow. Another stepped away to…
The same doctors who scold us for potentially minimizing "slightest bit of inflammation in the heart" when the vaccine is to…
“It’s upsetting that at 20 years old I’ve been through a mass shooting and now I’m having to call out lawmakers and an industry…
A year to the day before his assassination, Martin Luther King publicly and decisively denounced not only the US war in Vietnam…
Don Griswold (Bloomberg Tax), A ‘Social Harms’ Tax Can End the US Gun Crisis, Constitutionally: Gun violence is the leading…
The transformative technologies of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries have brought incredible benefits but also substantial…
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Interim St. Louis Police Chief Michael Sack said he believes the gun used in the attack may have been the same one his family…
"Our children shouldn't have to experience this," St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said. "They shouldn't have to go through…
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Parents are currently experiencing unprecedented stress. What can we do about it?
Michigan Medicine has joined other leading health systems in a nationwide public awareness and education campaign about…
Michigan Medicine has joined other leading health systems in a nationwide public awareness and education campaign about…
Firearm-related deaths in children and adolescents have reached a tipping point in the United States. In 2020, firearm-related…
Endemic gun violence is haunting America. According to the latest mortality data, there were a record 45,222 firearm-related…
Everyone wants to protect children, but active shooter drills in school may be a bad idea. There are better ways to protect…
Mayah Zamora spent 66 days in the hospital and underwent multiple surgeries following the deadly Uvalde shooting.View Entire…
Given the cycle of horrific tragedies related to gun violence in our community, we must take an honest look at the impact of…
It appears to be of no concern to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ultraconservative majority how children are collateral damage in its…
A report this spring by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health University said the nation has lost 1,357,000 victims to…
Science publications have responded with passion to the massacres of seniors at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and school…
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Introduction by Croakey: A month before the mass shooting in a Texas primary school, a report by the Centers for Disease…
“Mass shootings are the tip of the iceberg in this country’s gun violence crisis,” one activist said. “It’s important to…
The United States is facing a widening gap between the scale of gun violence and what America’s political leaders can agree are…
Enlarge / Mourners visit a memorial for victims of Tuesday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. (credit…
Research on gun violence was frozen for years. Now that funding is available, a look at what scientists are studying.
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The New England Journal of Medicine reported our new #1 cause killing our kids: gun deaths, rising for nearly every racial and…
Richard Besser, MD, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released a statement on gun violence as a public…
Calyia Stringer had a smile on her face the day she posed for a photo with a yellow flower in her hand. The toddler beamed with…
Calyia Stringer had a smile on her face the day she posed for a photo with a yellow flower in her hand. The toddler beamed with…
A recent study out of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College examines the changing prevalence of…
A video posted online appeared to depict the gunman shooting indiscriminately into the street as people scrambled for cover.View…
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Laut einer Studie der University of Michigan sind im Jahr 2020 mehr als 4.300 Kinder und Jugendliche durch Schusswaffen…
A data analysis shows firearm-related deaths among children and adolescents increased by 29% from 2019 to 2020.