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US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis, demands action

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Public Health Crisis,Murthy,Surgeon General

Murthy has published warnings about troubling health trends in American life, including social media use and loneliness.

FILE - Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during an Archewell Foundation panel discussion in New York City, Oct. 10, 2023.

Murthy said there is "broad agreement" that gun violence is a problem, citing a poll last year that found most Americans worry at least sometimes that a loved one might be injured by a firearm. More than 48,000 Americans died from gun injuries in 2022. Murthy ended up promising the Senate that he did "not intend to use my office as surgeon general as a bully pulpit on gun control."

"It is now time for us to take this issue out of the realm of politics and put it in the realm of public health, the way we did with smoking more than a half century ago," Murthy told the AP.

 

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