JHU Gun Policy Faculty Convene Summit, Issue Recommendations

Published February 1, 2013

JHU gun policy faculty convene summit, issue recommendations

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In 2010, the latest year for which statistics are available, 19,000 Americans died from gun-related suicides, and almost as many Americans died from gunfire as from motor vehicle crashes. The U.S. homicide rate is seven times the average of other high …
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FDA Action on Vicodin May Mean More Pain, Not Less Addiction or Overdose

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Last week, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted to impose stricter controls on prescriptions for drugs like Vicodin, which contain the opioid pain reliever hydrocodone. The new rules would ban prescribing of more than a month's …
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Leprosy not a plague of the past

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State leprosy officer C Siva Sankar did not reveal statistics, but said the incidence was higher among children because they had a better screening programme. "Almost all government school children are screened regularly," he said. … Not because the …
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