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Tackling Gun Violence: CT DPH declares community violence a public health issue
When you think about public health, you may think about disease, epidemics or smoking. Now in Connecticut, there is another crisis: gun violence. “In Connecticut, we know that unfortunately, we face all forms of gun violence,” Commissioner Manisha Juthani, Connecticut Department of Public Health, said. The Connecticut Department of Public Health has now declared gun violence a public health issue….