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In 2019, Congress Finally Funded Gun Violence Research. Here’s How It’s...
In the mid-2010s, as a series of mass shootings set new records for lethality and turned the public’s attention toward America’s gun violence epidemic, the same question was raised again and again:...
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When Pregnancy Makes You a Target
Adrienne Rodriguez held her head high as she walked to the front of the courtroom. On her right, her friends and relatives filled the three wooden pews in the back of the room. To her left, the rows...
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Can a Health Care Approach Abate the Maternal Homicide Crisis?
Nearly 15 years ago, as 20-year-old Emily Likins-Ehlers was navigating their entry into adulthood, they became pregnant by an abusive partner. It thrust Likins-Ehlers, whose pronouns are they/them,...
View Article‘A Direct Attack on Science:’ Trump’s Return Is Rattling Gun Violence...
In November 2024, as he awaited the fallout from the presidential election results, Dr. Garen Wintemute gathered a group of his colleagues at UC Davis to plan how they would download the thousands of...
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What If Medical Experts Tracked the Lethality of Bullets Like Smallpox,...
The 5.56 NATO bullet has been used in some of the country’s most horrific public mass shootings — including the ones so deadly that we refer to them by shorthand. Sandy Hook. Parkland. Aurora. Uvalde....
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Teens Are More Likely to Arm Themselves in Cluttered, Violence-Plagued...
Residents’ perception of disorder in their neighborhoods — litter, abandoned buildings, public drug use, robust police presence — may be leading more young people to carry a gun, according to a new...
View ArticleHow Disrupting the Department of Education Could Hurt Shooting Survivors
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing his administration’s education secretary to “take all necessary steps” to effectively dissolve the Department of Education. To...
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Maternal Homicide Is Very Common — Particularly in These States
When epidemiologist Maeve Wallace first began publishing national data on pregnancy-associated homicide and suicide nine years ago, she knew that more granular numbers would be essential to...
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Off the Virtual Battlefield, Gamers Are Teaching Gen Z About the Real-World...
In the current season of Fortnite, players wield an arsenal designed to outgun their competition in a chaotic battle royale. From the Collateral Damage Assault Rifle to the Outlaw Shotgun, the game’s...
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New Research Links Gun Violence Exposure to Higher Rates of Depression and...
For decades, politicians and gun lobbying organizations have perpetuated the notion that mental health issues drive mass violence. A new study is challenging that narrative, though, showing that,...
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