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Participation in organized and group activities may play a key role in preventing firearm aggression among youth who have been exposed to violence or violent behaviors, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. "Our study suppor

We're not even four full months into the year and it's already been a deadly one for too many children and teens. About 500 have lost their lives to gun violence in the U.S. so far in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Amna Nawaz looks at a sobering new analysis of related data that underscores just how big a problem we have.

Firearms have surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, according to new federal data analyzed by researchers at the University

It used to be car accidents, but cars got safer. Guns did not.

Research using CDC data found more children and teens were killed by guns than motor vehicle accidents in 2020 for the first time.

Research using CDC data found more children and teens were killed by guns than motor vehicle accidents in 2020 for the first time.

Research using CDC data found more children and teens were killed by guns than motor vehicle accidents in 2020 for the first time.

The change occurred in 2020, researchers say. Overall firearm-related deaths increased 13.5% between 2019 and 2020, but such fatalities for those 1 to 19 years old jumped nearly 30%.

Research using CDC data found more kids and teens were killed by guns than motor vehicles in 2020 for the first time ever.

The change occurred in 2020, researchers say. Overall firearm-related deaths increased 13.5% between 2019 and 2020, but such fatalities for those 1 to 19 years old jumped nearly 30%.