States with the strictest gun laws had about 40% fewer firearm-related deaths among children compared with states with the most lax laws, according to the study, published Monday in journal Pediatrics.
As interest grows in addressing pediatric firearm injuries — the second-leading cause of death for young people, researchers list the most urgent priorities for study.
Auto accidents and firearms are the leading causes of death for children and adolescents in the United States. But while the auto accidents number has largely trended down, the same cannot be said for firearms deaths. Researchers Rebecca Cunningham and Marc Zimmerman talk about a new effort that takes an injury prevention approach to decreasing firearms deaths among youth.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what too many students across the country already know: The incidence of mass homicides on school campuses has risen steeply in recent years, as has their toll.
A new study from the University of Michigan shows the firearm death rate, the number two cause of death among children and teens, has stayed the same for nearly two decades.
Firearms are the second-leading cause of death in children in the United States, after motor vehicle crashes. Rebecca Cunningham, professor of Emergency Medicine at Michigan Medicine and a professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the School of Public Health aims to change that.