Rural youth experience higher rates of firearm exposure, handgun-carrying and associated mental health risks, according to ...

More US children and adolescents today die from firearms than any other cause, and many more sustain firearm injuries and survive. The clinical and economic impact of these firearm injuries on ...

Firearm deaths surged in the US during the Covid-19 pandemic, killing a record number of people in 2021. But as America’s gun epidemic gets worse, its burden is not equal. A new study published ...

Nationwide firearm-related mortality rates increased in 2015–17 after remaining relatively stable in 1999–2014. Recent increases are reflected across most states and demographics to varying degrees, ...

Tarang Parekh was getting ready for work at his apartment in Houston, Texas, in 2022, when he heard gunfire. He’d never heard the sound before, except on TV, but instantly recognized it. He ran ...

Almost two decades ago, Megan Ranney’s life changed. It was a warm July night in Providence, Rhode Island, where she was working as an attending physician in an emergency department. And, as usual, ...

US firearm homicide and suicide rates each increased by more than 8% from 2020 to 2021, according to data published Thursday in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and ...

The rate at which Americans were killed in gun homicides leapt by nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years, according to new research by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

State handgun purchaser licensing laws—which go beyond federal background checks by requiring a prospective buyer to apply for a license or permit from state or local law enforcement—appear to be ...

Each year, forensic firearm examiners play a pivotal role in thousands of criminal investigations, comparing spent bullets and cartridge cases to determine if they came from same gun. Their ...