PUBLIC healthSHOOTINGS (Crime)BACKGROUND checksGUN lawsGUN controlVIOLENCE against womenFollowing a recent push to reframe gun violence as a public health issue, an online survey (N = 510) helped explore frame salience and frame adoption through the lens of media advocacy. Findi...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- TheU.S. surgeon generalon Tuesdaydeclaredgun violencea public health crisisTuesday, and survivors in Chicago wonder what took so long. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called gun violence a public health crisis because more than 48,000 died from guns in 2022. The survivors said ...
Murthy notes in his advisory called "Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America."Suicide by gun rateshave increased significantly in recent years for Americans under the age of 35.Children in the U.S.are far more likely to die from gun wounds than children in other countries, the ...
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis, issuing an advisory outlining several steps for Congress and local communities to take. "When gun violence is the leading cause of death among kids and teens, that should alarm all of us," said Murthy....
“Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children and adolescents,” said Michael Dowling, president & CEO of Northwell Health, kicking off this year’s Gun Violence Prevention Forum in February.
The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation's top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with another summer ...
This is a 2-part Q&A series with the US Surgeon General. In part 1, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, interviews Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, to discuss the issue of gun violence as a pressing public health crisis and the criti
there is a lack of gun violence studies. Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study gun violence was drained in 1996 by what is known as the Dickey Amendment. And the National Institute of Health is quietly taking steps to shut down their gun violence research ...
Record US gun violence unmasks gun control legislation as‘bipartisan fraud’US turns into a "war zone" of gun violence. Cartoon: Vitaly Podvitski The US is now stuck in a "doom loop," when the sheer number of guns owned by Americans, and the violence and death they cause, is prompting...
"Gun violence is a safety issue," Madanat said. "It's about preventing deaths, and that concept of prevention is the purview of public health." By delving deep into the statistics ofgun violence, she said, researchers hope to uncover patterns and generate policy suggestions, such as mandatory...