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Most U.S. gun owners use lead-based ammunition and primers, and nearly half don’t engage in any post-shooting hygiene behaviors such as changing their clothes or showering, a study found.
U.S. veterans aged 20 to 39 were found to have higher blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, than civilians of similar ages, a study found.
All use data from our December 2024 national firearm survey (n = 12,860). Miller M, Fischer S, Azrael D. Firearm acquisition and new exposure to household firearms after the initial…
Americans acquired millions of guns between 2021 and 2024. Many were new gun owners, and a disproportionate share were people who hadn’t typically owned guns in the past, including women, Hispanic people, and people of color.
Cathy Barber wins still another award! Her work and presentation won the “Impact Award” at the 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-related Harms held in Tempe AZ…
Harvard Chan School’s David Hemenway explains why the U.S. could see a rise in gun violence and other injuries, including intimate partner violence and falls among the elderly, because of federal funding cuts.
In April, David Hemenway was presented with the SAVIR (Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research) President’s award for “distinguished lifetime achievement. This award is the highest that…
HICRC is proud to announce the launch of the road safety campaign, Project Look Out. Directed by Jay A. Winsten, Ph.D., Project Look Out envisions the public street as a…
In his academic year stay at HICRC (2023-20240, UK physician and Harkness Fellow Vageesh Jain wrote 4 papers on firearm issues, two which have already been published. In the first,…
