Gun violence research funding blocked
A proposal to designate $10 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for gun violence research in the 2018-19 federal budget was blocked by Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee—a move that Harvard…
No vaccine for gun violence
A public health approach to reducing gun violence requires employing a wide variety of methods to reduce the problem.
Why there’s so little gun violence research
Although students and others around the country are calling for more gun control and more gun violence research after a deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Fla.—and although thousands of people die in gun-related incidents every year—there’s a…
Living with guns rather than dying with guns
David Hemenway discusses how a public health approach can be used to prevent gun violence.
Arming teachers a bad idea
In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., President Donald Trump has proposed that teachers carry concealed weapons in order to defend against would-be school shooters. But an expert at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
Taking a harm reduction approach to gun control
David Hemenway, professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, spoke to C-SPAN about how a harm reduction approach could be effective in addressing gun violence. In…
Guns and public health
In the wake of a mass shooting on October 1 in Las Vegas that left at least 59 people dead, we speak with an expert about the public health approach to gun control.
A public health approach to stemming gun violence
October 4, 2017—In the wake of a mass shooting on October 1 in Las Vegas that left at least 59 people dead and more than 500 injured, David Hemenway, professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School…
Stop the suppression of gun research
The U.S. has more gun deaths per capita than any of the world’s two dozen highest-income countries. Yet the government, at the behest of the gun lobby, limits the collection of data on gun-related deaths, prevents researchers from…
Federal funding needed for gun violence research
David Hemenway, professor of health policy at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, discussed the need for federal funding for gun violence research in the May…