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Surgeon General issues landmark advisory declaring gun violence a public health crisis
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D. issued a landmark Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence on June 25, declaring firearm...
CMA Staff
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Study: Nearly 100,000 children in the US lost a parent to a drug overdose or gun violence in 2020
Recent research published in the medical journal JAMA reveals that deaths from drug overdoses and firearm-related injuries in the United...
LACMA Staff
May 6, 20242 min read
Guns are killing more U.S. children. Shooting survivors can face lifelong challenges
National Public Radio – April 18 Gun injuries and mortality among young people are increasing in the U.S. Firearms are now the leading...
LACMA Staff
Apr 18, 20241 min read


Study Finds Kids were safer Around Guns After Watching a 1-minute video
Watching a one-minute video on firearm safety can lower the risk that children will touch a gun that they find. That's the major takeaway...
LACMA Staff
Jul 26, 20231 min read


WATCH: L.A. Care Gun Violence Prevention Summit
Gun violence is a major public health crisis throughout the U.S. and must be addressed through a comprehensive public health approach....
LACMA Staff
Jun 29, 20231 min read


The BulletPoints Project
Clinical tools for preventing firearm injury. The Bullet Points Project was created to be a resource for clinicians and medical educators...
LACMA Staff
Jun 4, 20231 min read


Firearm Storage Practices of Members of the American College of Surgeons+
As a part of its firearm injury prevention action plan, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) surveyed the entire US ACS membership...
LACMA Staff
Jun 3, 20231 min read


Problem Solving
AMA Journal of Ethics | Stop Posturing and Start Problem-Solving: A Call for Research to Prevent Gun Violence Gun violence is a major...
LACMA Staff
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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