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Gun researchers see a public health emergency in Orlando mass shooting. Here's why.

  • Written by Sandro Galea, Dean, School of Public Health, Boston University
imageFlags at the Washington Monument fly at half staff to honor those killed in Orlando. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Editor’s note: We turned to two public health researchers on gun violence to help us understand the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Florida. Sandro Galea is the dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health. Ziming Xuan...

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