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Over 23K Gun Owners in California are Banned from Possessing Firearms But Still Do

May 31, 2021

Health

California is one of 20 states that allow gun restraining orders, in which the government can take away a person’s firearm if they’re believed to be a threat to themselves or others. The California program, known as the Armed and Prohibited Persons System, boasts a relatively small staff of law enforcement officials, which has made it difficult to keep up with the growing list.

San Jose Shooting: UC Davis Gun Violence Expert Warns ‘We Are Likely To Have A Rough Summer’

May 27, 2021

Health

As America awakens from the COVID-19 pandemic, incidents of gun violence like Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Jose at a VTA rail yard will be on the rise across the country, a leading expert on gun violence warned.

A new initiative uses Indigenous insights to amplify soil’s ability to absorb CO₂

April 23, 2021

Sustainability

Rock dust is a common mining and industrial byproduct, and the researchers also are experimenting with compost and biochar — readily available from agricultural and timber operations — to see if various combinations further expedite the process.

Nevada Bill To Outlaw Ghost Guns Could Reduce Violent Crime In California

April 20, 2021

Health

Dr. Garen Wintemute, who leads UC Davis Health’s Violence Prevention Research Program, told CapRadio's Insight that the rise in ghost guns threatens California’s recent progress in reducing gun violence.

Standing Equine PET Now in Clinical Use at UC Davis

by Amy Young
March 31, 2021

Health

UC Davis has welcomed the latest standing equine PET scanner, the MILEPET, into clinical use, less than six years after performing the world’s first PET scan on a horse.

Can new gun violence research find a path around the political stalemate?

March 27, 2021

Health

Dr. Garen J. Wintemute, who directs the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento, said he lost grant money after the Dickey Amendment was enacted. In the two decades that followed, he said, his work has been supported by the state of California, by foundations, as well as the N.I.H., which was not specifically named in the Dickey Amendment, and the Justice Department. He said he had also spent a little more than $2 million of his own money to continue the work.

Three graphics tell the story of mass shootings during the pandemic

March 24, 2021

Health

While killings like in Boulder are less common than routine gun violence or firearm suicide, they tend to have a profound effect on the public and on policymakers.

Gun violence spiked during pandemic, even as the deadliest mass shootings waned

March 23, 2021

Health

Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, an assistant professor who researches violence prevention at the University of California, Davis said that the COVID-19 pandemic likely played a major role in contributing to the rising violence.

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New UC Davis center paves the way for rock dust research

February 14, 2021

Sustainability

Faculty at the University of California are carrying out several remineralization studies across multiple campuses that they hope will deliver a more holistic understanding of California soils’ carbon storage potential.

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Aging In California

February 03, 2021

Health

UC Davis Health Professor Terri Harvath explains what the organization plans to focus on now and in the post-pandemic years.