Smarter policies and better policing offer the best ways to stem the latest surge in gun deaths.
Fall/Winter 2021
Four evidence-based strategies target the main drivers of gun violence.
How to explain Americans’ astonishing personal arsenal? Start with politics, fear, and marketing.
Firearms flow from states with weak gun laws to states with strong ones.
Two were shot. Others lost family or friends. All know that change is possible.
Simulations can help put the “good guy with a gun” argument to the test.
Most doctors are bad at talking about guns. New training could change that.
"We're not going to solve violence by arresting everyone."
Arrests and incarceration won’t stop urban gun violence. Instead, a growing number of researchers say community violence prevention is the most promising solution.
Emerging science is uncovering connections between the microbiome and mental health.
As many as 1 in 10 young people struggle for months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Prebunking, inoculation, and other best practices in health communication
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The pandemic exposed shortcomings in efforts to secure our collective health. Here’s how to get things back on track.
What can public health learn from an intervention that improves health outcomes—without targeting health?
With no vaccines and few treatments, deadly fungal infections are a mounting public health threat.
I’ve been preparing all my life to mentor the next generation of public health students.