Megan L. Ranney

Ranney MD MPH, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean of the School of Public Health, Brown University. Twitter: @meganranney

Recent Articles

6 Proven Ways to Reduce Gun Violence

Last week, we saw the passage of the first package of new federal firearm-injury-related policies in a generation. We heard that funds for firearm injury prevention are likely to be reallocated. And we learned that—with...

By Megan L. Ranney

What Actually Worries U.S. Doctors About Omicron

The latest COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is raising new fears—among policymakers, parents, educators, business owners and, well, just about everyone. And for good reason, as initial reports suggest that it is significantly more transmissible than prior...

By Megan L. Ranney and Joseph V. Sakran

We Must Treat Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis

COVID-19 has taught us many deadly lessons, among them how dangerous it is to approach a health problem as a political problem. We have lost lives, jobs, hope, and an imagined future, all because scoring...

By Megan L. Ranney

The Dangers of Linking Gun Violence and Mental Illness

After repeated exposure to a piece of information, people will start assuming it’s true, whether or not it actually is, simply because they’ve heard it so many times. Familiarity and repetition can overcome rationality, a...

By Megan L. Ranney and Jessica Gold
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