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Mass shootings’ cascading impact
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the Uvalde mass shooting. Nineteen fourth graders and two teachers at an elementary school were murdered. As a…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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Texas, guns, and stats
Public health touches all aspects of our lives, not just during a pandemic and not just with infectious diseases. Thanks to your feedback, this…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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Bullets and children. And what to do about it.
Firearms are the leading cause of death for American children. But, like any public health problem, the risk is not equally distributed. Who is dying…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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Active shooter drills: Do risks outweigh benefits?
School policies for gun violence are a band-aid for a bullet hole. We need to prevent gun violence upstream. Prevent it from even being a conversation…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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Yet another school mass shooting
Public health touches on all aspects of our lives, not just during a pandemic and not just with infectious diseases. Thanks to your feedback, this…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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Firearms: What you can do right now
We need solutions for firearm morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Firearm violence is a leading cause of premature death in the U.S. and the leading…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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It’s hard to explain (and fix) evil
Mass shootings and mental illness
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Katelyn Jetelina
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