The journals of the JAMA Network are dedicated to improving the health of people across the globe. We do so by addressing the most important public health problems harming people and publishing the best science that can be done. The journals have published important work on gun violence; in th...
Organized medicine is joining with the Obama Administration to demand restoration of funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for research on "gun violence" and to work for leg...
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 ...
Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA: Well, here's why Kirsten, I think many clinicians and folks in the world of public health understand that gun violence is a public health issue. My belief has always been when you have large numbers of people who are dying and being injured for preventable rea...
TheU.S. surgeon generalon Tuesday declaredgun 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 weekend...
"We need to understand gun violence better, and then talk about how to fix America's gun problem," said Siegel. The American College of Physicians said gun violence is a public health epidemic. But there is a lack of gun violence studies. Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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...
issue. However, we must recognize gun violence — and the rise in mass shootings — as a pressing public health crisis in need of immediate government funding and attention. Our legislators must commit to addressing gun violence as the disease it is and work to end this pu...
Minnesota health care systems declare gun violence a public health crisis Lawmaker and health care leaders across Minnesota are joining together to express a shared view that gun violence is now a public health crisis. (FOX 9) - The gun control debate continues on Capitol Hill with painful ...
"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...