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CDC Now Targeting ‘Gun Violence’, Restarts Research Program On ‘Epidemic’ Of Firearm Deaths

Emily Zanotti
CDC Now Targeting ‘Gun Violence’, Restarts Research Program On ‘Epidemic’ Of Firearm Deaths
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has branched out from issuing COVID-19 recommendations and its director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, now says that the health services agency will be restarting its dormant “gun violence” research program in order to address the “epidemic” of firearm deaths and injuries.

Walensky made the announcement in a sit-down interview with CNN where she noted that, for the first time in “decades,” the CDC will weigh in on the issue of gun control.

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