What The Study Did: An analysis found increases in mass shootings in the United States with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, consistent with the notion that mass shootings, an extreme form of violence, may be influenced by social and economic factors.
Authors: Anupam Jena, MD., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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