The BulletPoints Project, part of the University of California’s Firearm Violence Research Center (UCFC), has launched a new resource-rich website to enhance education, training and awareness about firearm injury prevention for medical and mental health professionals.
Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the recipients of nearly $8 million in funding to 16 research groups across the US to study firearm injury prevention.
David Lubarsky, CEO of UC Davis Health, announced a $2 million gift from Angelo K. and Sofia Tsakopoulos, and Chrysanthy and George Demos, to support the health system’s commitment to improve the health and well-being of older adults.
Researchers at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society & the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) at the University of California are launching today a public-private pilot initiative to bring telehealth services to underserved rural residents in Merced County, California.
People who own guns and those living with gun owners are substantially less worried about the risk of firearm injuries than individuals living in homes without guns, says a new study by violence prevention experts at UC Davis Health.
Gun-violence research experts at UC Davis Health say that despite a significant drop in firearm injuries in recent years in California, there has been a substantial increase in the state’s overall death rate among those wounded by firearms.
Researchers at UC Davis’ Healthy Aging in a Digital World and at CITRIS are launching a public-private initiative to pilot access to telehealth and internet services to low-income seniors.
As many local veterinary clinics are unable to provide their usual levels of care due to the COVID-19 pandemic—on top of a significant caseload growth over the past decade—the UC Davis Emergency Room (ER) is seeing more patients than ever.
Not one but two UC Davis Health experts have commentaries out in the Aug. 4 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians.
Do patterns in gun ownership-related characteristics and motivations, such as the types and number of firearms owned and reasons for ownership, offer insights into how those owners might view proposals designed to prevent firearm-related harm?
Terri Harvath has been watching the worries and complications that COVID-19 injects into families with older members. She is the director of the Family Caregiving Institute at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, and she has a roadmap for family caregivers to navigate these pandemic times.
A surge in firearm purchasing in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic – estimated to be over 2.1 million excess purchases – is linked to a significant increase in firearm violence, a study by UC Davis Violence Prevention Program (VPRP) suggests.
The UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program examined the use of extreme risk protection orders — or ERPOs — in California between 2016 and 2019, noting a “substantial increase” in their usage over those years.
The equine Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner pioneered by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, in collaboration with LONGMILE Veterinary Imaging, is now in heavy use at Santa Anita Park in Southern California.
Don't let you guard down and put older family members at risk, experts warn
Summer trips to visit grandparents. Vacations luring those with coronavirus fatigue. A holiday weekend ahead traditionally spent gathering with family and friends.