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Enactment of the 1996 Dickey Amendment, which prevented the CDC from using its funding "to advocate or promote gun control," largely shut down research into gun violence in the United States. CDC funding of gun violence research declined by 96 percent while academic publications addressing gun violence declined 64 percent between 1998 and 2012.
In 2002, US Congress appropriated funding for the system for the first time. [2] and the system was established that year. [4] The NVDRS began collecting data in 2003 from six states, a number that increased to 17 by 2006 [2] and 32 by 2016. [5] In November 2008, the system and its accompanying data became freely accessible online. [6]
Although the CDC was one of the first government agencies to study gun related data, in 1996 the Dickey Amendment, passed with the support of the National Rifle Association of America, states "none of the funds available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to lose about $1.3 billion in funds as a result of last month’s federal debt ceiling negotiation that were initially allocated through ...
Aug. 31—CHICAGO — On Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker announced opportunities for organizations to apply for an additional $100 million in grants to fund gun violence prevention programs in ...
Democrats said the proposal in a House bill includes a reduction of the CDC’s proposed budget by $1.8 billion, or about 22%, that would harm public health. The Republican-led effort also would ...
CDC funding of gun violence research declined by 96 percent while academic publications addressing gun violence declined 64 percent between 1998 and 2012. [15] It also resulted in the ending of Rosenberg's position; [16] he left the CDC in 1999 and joined the Task Force for Global Health, of which he became president and CEO. He retired and ...
A 1985 National Research Council report entitled Injury in America [2] recommended that United States Congress establish a new program at the CDC to address the problem of injury. Initially the program was supported with funds from the United States Department of Transportation. In 1990 Congress passed the Injury Control Act which authorized ...