Becker's Healthcare June 25, 2024
The U.S. surgeon general has issued a 32-page advisory declaring gun violence an urgent public health crisis that necessitates a multi-pronged effort to reduce and prevent gun-related deaths and injuries.
“I’ve long believed this is a public health issue,” Vivek Murphy, MD, said in an interview with The New York Times following the June 25 release of the advisory. “This issue has been politicized, has been polarized over time. But I think when we understand that this is a public health issue, we have the opportunity to take it out of the realm of politics and put it into the realm of public health.”
The report covers gun violence’s growing toll in the U.S. over the years. In 2020,...
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