This study investigates racial disparities in victim compensation among families of homicide victims across 18 U.S. states from 2015 to 2023. Using individual-l...

Why focusing on the small fraction of problem dealers offers the clearest path to reducing violence

USERN has been established with the noble purpose of the expansion of science and elimination of borders that used to strictly divide knowledge into different majors and fields. In order to serve this...

Objectives This study examined the relationship between early-life violent victimisation and dental care utilisation patterns from adolescence to middle adulthood (ages 11–43). Methods Data were f...

Suicide remains a leading cause of death in the United States, with rates rising over the past two decades. While research suggests an association bet…

DOGE staffers have been working on changes at the ATF that would roll back dozens of gun restrictions. The DOJ wants to downsize the agency — a move some fear will hinder criminal investigations.

New Jersey lawmakers decided against slashing the state research center’s budget, a move that provides stability to the field amid shaky federal support.

Some violence intervention programs, including in NJ, have had layoffs or ended services after grant funding was abruptly canceled.

Four Reasons for the Historic Beginning to the 2020s

The systems that protect our lives and our communities were built through years of tireless effort. They can’t be allowed to collapse overnight.

The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.

The Trump administration is yanking funding from several Philadelphia organizations, despite their role in slowing bloodshed.

For decades, the effects of gun violence exposure on overall physical health has largely been overlooked, but a new study shows a startling link: In communities with the highest rates of gun violence,...

Knowledge remains limited about how people experience different types of exposure to gun violence. We analyzed the prevalence of in-person and media g…

The story of how public libraries shaped America and how libraries continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere.

Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives.

We seek to build an actionable body of evidence to construct fair systems that determine resource distribution and support health equity. Deadlines: Rapid Response brief proposal 5/28/25; New Research...

In an email to staff, the head of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs said the canceled grants don’t align with Trump administration priorities.

Governor Phil Murphy’s move to slash a New Jersey research hub comes as the state braces for leaner budgets under the Trump administration.

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Faculty From 14 Universities Join Forces to Call on Administrative Bodies to Stand Up to Attacks on Higher Education Nearly 5,100 Faculty From 14 Universities Call on Universi…

For decades, politicians and gun lobbying organizations have perpetuated the notion that mental health issues drive mass violence. A new study is challenging that narrative, though, showing that, rath...

Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

A group of House Republicans is writing to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., asking him to crack down on gun control funding in his department.