Category: COVID-19

TIME: Black Kids Were Already Exposed to More Gun Violence Than White Kids. The Pandemic Widened That Gap

Details a RISE Lab research paper led by Project Manager Rachel Martin: Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Black population in the United States was already more at risk than the white of being exposed to gun violence. Now, a recent study out of Boston University has revealed a disturbing trend in how that trend evolved during […]

BUSPH: Firearm Injuries Increased during First Year of COVID in Massachusetts

https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/firearm-injuries-increased-during-first-year-of-covid-in-massachusetts/

BBC’s Cut Through the Noise: America’s deadly surge in gun violence

https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/810052189705493/  

CNN: Gun violence surging in the US since the start of the pandemic. What can be done to address it?

The New York Times: The Virus Is Devastating the U.S., and Leaving an Uneven Toll

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/covid-united-states-surge.html

Weather.com: Social Distancing Policies Not Effective Enough

https://weather.com/en-IN/india/coronavirus/news/2020-11-09-social-distancing-not-effective-enough-safeguard-lower-income