Doctors affirm commitment to reducing gun violence
The nation’s doctors have been speaking up about the importance of talking to their patients about the dangers of guns, in spite of criticism from the National Rifle Association (NRA). In a November 19, 2018 editorial in the…
Massachusetts’ gun policies could serve as national model
Massachusetts’ comprehensive approach to minimizing gun violence could serve as a model for other states, according to gun policy researchers, law enforcement officials, and experts who are familiar with gun policies around the country. A combination of policies—including…
New recommendations urge doctors to talk to patients about guns
Doctors should help address gun violence by speaking to their patients about guns in the home and counseling them about gun safety, according to new recommendations from the American College of Physicians.
Sexual assault victims experience trauma from Senate hearing
Wrenching testimony from Christine Blasey Ford alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school triggered painful emotions in others who have lived through such assaults, according to numerous reports in social and traditional…
Can we solve the migration crisis?
Every minute 24 people around the world are forced to leave their homes—and it’s estimated that more than 65 million people are currently displaced.
Peer power
Service learning project gives student on-the-ground view of a youth-led program that promotes healthy teen relationships September 17, 2018 – Interviewing young people who had spent some of their high school years as peer leaders in a program…
Uncommon Ground
Harvard Chan researchers and Utah gun-rights advocates are forging a rare partnership in the quest to prevent firearm suicides.
High caliber firearms more likely to kill
People shot with higher caliber guns are more likely to die than those shot with small caliber weapons, according to a new study. Using data from the Boston Police Department from 2010 through 2014, researchers found that gunshot…
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…
Separation at the border
June 27, 2018 – President Trump’s recently reversed “zero tolerance” policy of separating migrant children from their parents could have far-reaching legal and human rights implications. Jacqueline Bhabha, professor of the practice of health and human rights at…
