Community Violence
Jan 27, 2023
Kaiser Permanente, an integrated health care provider based in California, yesterday committed $25 million over five years to expand its recently established center to prevent gun injuries and death through care innovation, research, education and partnership.
Nov 1, 2022
Founded in 1829, Regional One Health is the oldest health system in Tennessee. With an acute care hospital and several specialty and outpatient facilities across Memphis, Regional One Health cares for some of the most traumatic and complex cases in the region.
Sep 29, 2022
Over 1,000 hospitals and health associations, including the AHA, have joined a national public awareness campaign launched by Northwell Health to encourage parents to ask family and friends if firearms are safely stored in their home.
Aug 19, 2022
Chethan Sathya, M.D., a pediatric trauma surgeon and director of Northwell Health's Center for Gun Violence Research, talks with Laura Castellanos, associate director of AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative, about the cost of gun violence to hospitals and health systems as they treat a…
Aug 19, 2022
Each day, more than 300 Americans are shot, and, according to the CDC, more than 110 are killed by gunfire. T
Jul 28, 2022
Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Learning Collaborative for Hospitals and Health Systems July 27 hosted a session on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
Jun 27, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security is advising law enforcement and others that domestic violent extremists are likely to exploit the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion to intensify violence against a wide range of targets, including both reproductive and family advocacy health care…
Jun 24, 2022
The House today voted to pass bipartisan legislation to help reduce gun violence in communities.
Jun 14, 2022
The AHA supports this bipartisan package to help reduce violence in our communities.
Jun 2, 2022
Rick Pollack, AHA’s president and CEO, issued a statement in response to the shooting that took place on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla.