A group of House Republicans is writing to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., asking him to crack down on gun control funding in his department.

The Flathead City-County Health Department and Logan Health are rolling out a program to distribute gun locks to community members in an effort to prevent firearm related deaths.

Hospital gun-violence prevention programs — like Denver Health’s — may be caught in Trump funding crossfire At-Risk Intervention and Mentoring program, or AIM, supports gun-violence patients ...

Bengaluru: The former U.S. surgeon general's 2024 advisory calling gun violence a public health crisis has been take down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following orders from ...

A webpage created last June marked the first time the Office of the Surgeon General issued an advisory on guns. Then-Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis.

— To promote gun safety, Calhoun County Public Health Department (CCPHD) is giving out free gun locks. Public Act 17 mandates that homes with children in them must have any guns locked up unloaded.

Although it is not explicitly mentioned in <i>Under the Gun</i>, a careful reading of the book suggests that the deadly intersection of guns and alcohol misuse might be the next big area where ...

LifeBridge Health launched an initiative to target illegal gun trafficking in Maryland. The initiative, called Stop the Iron Pipeline, aims to combat gun violence in the state by targeting gun ...

School-based health centers (SBHCs) are uniquely positioned to screen for and treat stress and trauma, advocate for trauma-informed emergency responses, and promote positive mental outcomes. This ...

Lexington KY, council takes first step toward declaring gun violence a public health emergency. Recommends creating new position, ...

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental ...

The Metro Public Health Department is taking steps to lower the number of accidental shootings involving children by offering free gun locks at all clinics.