The University of Michigan recently received a $7.9 million federal grant to expand and strengthen training and technical assistance efforts designed to address emerging issues impacting K-12...
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Media Mention: More than 60,000 Fortress gun safes recalled after report of child’s death and dozens of other reported breaches
Thousands of biometric gun safes from the brands Fortress, Cabela’s, Gettysburg, and Legend Range and Field are being recalled because of a programming feature that can allow unauthorized access to...
Media Mention: Several universities present the latest data on school shootings
Dozens of school shootings take place in the country each year—not only taking a tragic toll on those directly harmed, but also affecting students at schools everywhere that are preparing for these...
Media Mention: Gun deaths among children and teens have soared – but there are ways to reverse the trend
Firearm injuries are now the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens following a huge decadelong rise. Analyses published on Oct. 5, 2023, by a research team in Boston found an 87%...
Media Mention: Patrick Carter elected to National Academy of Medicine
Patrick M. Carter, a faculty member in the Medical School and the School of Public Health and co-director of U-M’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and its Injury Prevention Center, has been...
Media Mention: Big Rise Seen in Gun Deaths, Overdoses Among U.S. Kids
America's kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns. That's the crux of a new study that looked at injury trends among...
Media Mention: Anonymous Tips Now Accepted by Bibb County School District
Anonymous reporting systems have existed for decades, but the number of schools using them increased dramatically after the 2018 massacre at Parkland High School in Florida during which 17 staff and...
Media Mention: Tragic accidental deaths may be prevented if weapons are locked
In the 6 News Hope over Violence series of stories, the focus has been on gun safety and how effective and important gun locks are as a way to limit gun violence. Dr. Cindy Ewell Foster spoke with 6...
Media Mention: How The Supreme Court’s Next Gun Ruling Could Impact Mass Shootings
Next month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Zackey Rahimi — a landmark case that will decide whether it’s constitutional to strip gun rights from people under...
Study shows significant disparities in firearm injury, death among Hispanic populations
The rate of firearm homicide among Hispanic populations was more than two times higher than that of White non-Hispanics in 2021, the largest disparity in more than a decade, according to new...
Projects share $2.1M to aid firearm-injury prevention research
Five research teams at the University of Michigan recently received grants totaling $2.1 million to launch new projects designed to address the root causes of, and potential solutions for, important...
Media Mention: Study: Investing in community space leads to reduced crime in Indianapolis
A study, led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health in partnership with the nonprofit Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, shows that transforming a vacant space into a gathering space for...