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The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website. A link to the Office of the Surgeon General’s publications on ...

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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 ...