Tidmore said his community was already in emergency mode when the U.S. surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis. "It should have been done definitely a long time ago. It's definitely a crisis," said Tidmore, "and I personally—based on the work that I do around p...
Murthy notes in his advisory called “Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America.” Suicide by gun rates have 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...
Would that we could accomplish the same with the gun industry.The issue of gun violence is one I have come to care about increasingly over the last several years. I am emergency medicine physician in St. Louis, and I work in the area's largest level one trauma center, and one of the...
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 ...
The move comes a day after she declared gun violence a public health emergency in the state. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M.Alex Brandon/AP, FILE "[The] time for s...
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....
V: The National Mental Health CrisisWhile we fight to end gun violence, there is another mass-scale public health emergency happening simultaneously. Millions of Americans are struggling with undiagnosed and untreated mental illness and lack of access to mental health support and care....
The decree came a day after Lujan Grisham declared gun violence a statewide public health emergency, saying "the rate of gun deaths in New Mexico increased 43% from 2009 to 2018." When asked about the criticism of the order on Friday, the governor said, "When you try to build consensus ...
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...
There are tools that hospitals can use to reduce the number of firearm injuries that come through the doors. We are piloting one such project