Between 2019 and 2021, gun deaths among children and teens in the United States increased 50 percent. In 2021, the recorded rate of gun deaths in minors—48,830—was the highest rate in more ...

Firearm-related injuries are the leading ... "Federal investment has driven major progress in fields like pediatric cancer and motor vehicle safety," said senior author Nancy Andrews, MD, Ph.D ...

Firearms are among the leading causes of child death in the United States. Sadly, many of those deaths are due to suicide or homicide, but a substantial number are due to unintentional causes. To ...

Published in JAMA Pediatrics, the study found that the spike in gun death rates during the first ... director of the Research on Innovations for Safety and Equity (RISE) Lab.