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Aging
A caregiver holds the hands of an elderly woman, in Planegg, Germany, on June 19, 2007.

How Not to Die Too Soon: The Politics Behind Life Expectancy

by Alejandra Martinez

In a new book, Devi Sridhar suggests governments should be held accountable for policies that influence life expectancy

Governance
A member of the Navy carries electoral material out to a school that is being used a polling station ahead of the presidential election, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 8, 2025.

Violence Shadows Ecuador's Presidential Election

by Andersson Boscán

The drug trade has deepened the security crisis in Ecuador, which will elect a new leader on April 13

A map of the United States showing the locations of gun-related deaths over the course of a month, approximately 1,200 deaths. The map uses red circles to represent incidents, with the size indicating the number of victims killed, ranging from one to four. Specific locations of mass shootings are highlighted with larger circles and labeled. The distribution of incidents is concentrated in the eastern and southern parts of the United States, with fewer in the western states.
Urbanization

The United States Can't Arrest Its Way Out of Gun Violence

by Caroline Nobo

Communities, hospitals, and prosecutors can play valuable roles in curbing gun violence

A line graph titled 'Gun Violence Leads U.S. Childhood Deaths' compares deaths by firearms and motor vehicle accidents among children and adolescents in the United States from 2018 to 2022. The vertical axis shows the number of deaths, ranging from 3,200 to 4,400. Firearm deaths, represented by a red line, surpass motor vehicle accident deaths, represented by a blue line, beginning around 2020. In 2022, firearms killed 4,608 children.
Governance

Solutions to U.S. Gun Violence Hinge on Election

by Sarah Muthler

Physicians are working to improve patient safety education but rely on research funding that is in doubt

Students create a human chain in memory of victims of the shooting at Prague University.
Governance

Tragedy in Prague Ignites Debate on Gun Control

by Ana Braun

The struggle between individual rights and public safety continues amid the mass shooting in the Czech Republic

Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion stand at attention during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem May 26, 2013,
Governance

How a Heavily Armed Country Cut Gun Suicide

Inside Israel’s suicide prevention programs

A boy tries out a 12 gauge Smith and Wesson shotgun as people attend the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention, in Houston, Texas, on May 28, 2022.
Governance

Gun Violence in the United States

Jonathan Lowy, founder of Global Action on Gun Violence, discusses U.S. gun companies’ role in creating violence

children mourn the death of heir classmate
Governance

Gun Violence Arrives on Serbia’s Doorstep

by Masha Raznatovic

Serbian students can no longer say, “It couldn’t happen here”

A community police officer in blue jeans squats low to the ground and holds out two hands full of shiny metal 45mm caliber bullets
Governance

A Gram Per Gun

by José Pablo Ampudia

How U.S. guns fuel Mexican cartels' drug empire

A white hand with the cuff of a blue jacket reaches out to tie an orange ribbon onto a chain-link fence covered in orange ribbons in honor of those killed by gun violence
Governance

Better Mental Health Care Is Unlikely to Fix America's Gun Problem

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Laurent Grosvenor

But reducing alcohol use, promoting gun-free homes, and curbing domestic violence hold promise