Addressing America's gun violence crisis requires a public health approach, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy will ... Zoom in: Americans rank access to guns among the top threats to public health ...

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 ...

“The Office of the Surgeon General is an independent office that calls attention to critical public health issues based ... this is that anything about guns is going to be political and we ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy ... "Pediatricians have long understood that gun violence is a public health threat to children and that its impact on families and ...

Yet it's critical to understand public frustration ... pose an existential threat to our collective health. Yet, the status quo was unsustainable. As a former U.S. surgeon general, I implore ...

In June 2024, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory declaring gun violence to be a public health crisis in ... said in a statement. "Guns have been the number one killer ...

The U.S. surgeon general holds a position of immense responsibility — serving as the nation’s leading spokesperson on public health matters and overseeing the U.S. Public Health Service ...

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Gun violence in the United States is a public health crisis that demands urgent action, Surgeon ... die from guns more than anything else in the US, studies show. Children, in general, faced ...