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Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies Photo: AFP The National Basketball Association (NBA) has suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant for 25 games without pay after finding he "intentionally and prominently" displayed a…

Lori Solomon FRIDAY, May 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- States with restrictive gun laws have lower rates of assault-related firearm deaths among youths, but youths from socially vulnerable…

TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Firearm injury survivors experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and poor health-related quality of life, which persists for six months, according to a research letter published online May…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The country's first biometric smart gun started as a Boulder teenager's high school science fair project.…

THURSDAY, March 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency department visits for firearm injuries were higher during 2020, 2021, and 2022 than 2019, according to research published in the March 31 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…

Elana Gotkine TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Health care providers rarely screen for firearm access, according to a study published in the April issue of Preventive Medicine.Allison E.…

The risk of firearm death in the U.S. is on the rise: in 2020, firearms became the leading cause of death for children, adolescents and young adults. Yet the risk is far from even -- young men in some U.S. zip codes face disproportionately…

Lori Solomon THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There was a surge in pediatric firearm injuries presenting to U.S. children’s hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study…

A new analysis of firearm death rates from 1981 to 2020 shows that the people most heavily impacted by firearm deaths were Black men and white men, and that rates of firearm-related homicides and suicides jumped between 2019 and 2020.…

Lori Solomon FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Men are disproportionately impacted by firearm-related deaths, with rates for both firearm-related homicide and suicide increasing from 2019 to…