Surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis
Firearm violence is officially a public health crisis in the U.S. — Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says so. In a new advisory published on Tuesday, Murthy calls attention to the health toll of gun violence, describing the size of the crisis while laying out a roadmap of research and policy interventions to curb its effects.
“My hope is that framing just the profound impact and pervasive impact of gun violence in our country … can firmly take it out of the realm of politics and put it into the realm of public health, which is where it belongs,” Murthy told STAT.
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