Firearm

Child firearm deaths continued to rise in 2021 after a “huge spike” in the preceding 2 years, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Gun death rates persisted at high levels in 2022, particularly among Black youth, and gun-related suicides increased 1.6% from 2021, reaching an all-time high, according to provisional CDC data.

The AMA adopted three new policies regarding firearm violence on the final day of its House of Delegates meeting, one of which advocates for physicians to be able to petition courts to temporarily remove firearms from high-risk patients.

SAN FRANCISCO — Youths who died by firearm suicide were often introduced to the weapons through family culture, according to data presented at the American Psychiatric Association.

Survivors of firearm injury face poor physical health-related quality-of-life across time and worsened mental health for at least 6 months, according to researchers.

Among people who drank alcohol before taking their own life, the likelihood of using a firearm increased with blood alcohol concentration up to a certain level, then decreased, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

ED visits for firearm injuries slightly declined in 2022 but remained 20% higher compared with rates in 2019 and were significantly prevalent among children, according to data in MWWR.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A small-town pediatrician who lost five of his patients in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting encouraged his fellow physicians to “be the front line” in protecting children.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The AAP published a policy statement and accompanying technical report with updated recommendations to reduce the risk of firearm violence to children.

One of the top articles in hematology/oncology last week was a blog by an internal medicine physician about the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a New York law that restricted carrying handguns in public.