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CNN - Every 30 minutes, an emergency department in the US treats a firearm injury, a new report shows. Researchers at the CDC learned this after analyzing over 93,000 emergency department visits for firearm injuries from 2018 through 2023 in nine states and Washington, DC. They also discovered that there were more firearm injury cases at night, on weekends and some holidays, like Independence Day and New Year’s Eve. “Knowing when firearm injury emergency department visits are higher can help inform decisions about physician staffing, resource allocation and trauma preparedness to reduce delays in care and use resources most effectively,” the CDC said in an email to CNN. Although firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and teens in the US, the future of gun research is now in jeopardy due to layoffs and massive budget cuts proposed for federal health agencies.

NPR - Approximately 40% of women have breast tissue that ranges from dense to extremely dense, which increases their risk of developing cancer. Dense breast tissue can also make it more challenging to detect cancer using both traditional 2D and even newer 3D mammograms. As of September 2024, federal regulations require all mammogram reports include information about breast density. Follow-up imaging, such as an MRI, may be beneficial for women who fall into the dense breast categories. But that’s not always the case.