Gun laws in the United States and child and adolescent deaths

“Did states enacting permissive firearm laws after 2010—when McDonald v Chicago was decided by the US Supreme Court—subsequently experience higher rates of pediatric firearm mortality?” Do State gun laws in the US have a connection to the deaths of children and adolescents? Featured article: *Faust, J. S., Chen, J., Bhat, S., Otugo, O., Yaver, M., Renton, B., Chen, A. J., Lin, Z., & Krumholz, H….

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Students could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later

Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh (from The Conversation) Nearly three-quarters of high school students do not get enough sleep on school nights, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that teens sleep for eight to 10 hours per night. But various factors hinder this, including early school start times and shifts in adolescents’ circadian rhythms – the biological…

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