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A new study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that gun-related deaths in the United States have increased by more than 35% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many experts said that the situation could have severe and long-lasting consequences.
TUESDAY, May 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- During the first year of the pandemic, the number of Americans felled by gun violence reached a level not seen since 1994, a
The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys.
According to the CDC, a record number of Americans died at the hands of a gun during the first year of the pandemic in 2020.
The rate of gun-related deaths in the U.S. appears to be getting worse.