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Firearms are the leading cause of death among American children and adolescents, but there has been little research on children who are injured from gun violence.

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A public health response helped reduce fatal car wrecks in Texas. Can it do the same for gun deaths?

How many more of our precious people of all ages will have their lives cut short under the banner of “freedom to bear arms”?

For the first time in a generation, Texans were more likely to die of gunshot wounds than car crashes in 2021. Experts worry a lack of research on the issue has hampered the search for solutions.

When Mark Rosenberg started a branch of the Centers for Disease Control to study violence in 1983, he decided to model his work on existing research about another rising cause

As our planet grapples with the consequences of manmade climate change and the excessive summer heat it is causing, a lesser-known repercussion is coming to light: its correlation with the

Excessive summer heat it is causing, a lesser-known repercussion is coming to light: : its correlation with the uptick in gun violence.

Gun research was never actually restricted, but the CDC acted like it was. Now, gun rights advcocates are being blamed.

In the minds of too many gun-rights advocates, research equates to advocacy. Ignorance, as the saying goes, is bliss.