Three million Americans may carry loaded handgun daily
An estimated three million Americans carry a loaded firearm daily, and an estimated nine million do so on a monthly basis, according to new study.
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.
Even as more gun buyers undergo background checks, millions still don’t
The percentage of people in the U.S. purchasing firearms without a background check appears to be significantly lower than the most recent estimate more than two decades ago, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Stopping ‘contagion’ of gun violence will require long-term efforts
Deborah Azrael, a gun violence researcher at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, spoke to the Harvard Gazette for a June 14, 2016 article on addressing incidents of mass violence such as the recent night club massacre…
Shooting of eight Ohio family members not a typical case
While mass shootings occur fairly often in the U.S., the killing of eight members of a Pike County, Ohio, family April 22, 2016 was not a typical case, Deborah Azrael, director of research at the Harvard Injury Control…
A better surveillance system for tracking police homicides
For immediate release: March 17, 2016 Boston, MA – Official counts of homicides by police seriously undercount incidents, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, but a relatively new national data system, currently…
Exploring the increase in public mass shootings
Even though there’s a running debate as to what exactly constitutes a “mass shooting,” Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s David Hemenway says that the more “public” kind of shootings—like the one on December 2, 2015 in…
Will arming women on campuses make them safer? No, says expert
Ten states are currently considering measures that would allow people to carry firearms on college campuses. And some lawmakers say that arming students could help make women safer by preventing rapes. But all evidence points to the contrary,…
Mass shootings becoming more frequent
The rate of mass shootings in the United States has tripled since 2011, according to a new analysis by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and Northeastern University. In the last three years, there have been 14…
Guns & Suicide: The Hidden Toll
[ Spring 2013 ] Special Report by Madeline Drexler, Editor, Harvard Public Health There’s a gas station maybe a five-minute drive away from us, and the gas station sells guns. I didn’t realize places like that existed. Ryan just walked…