Vol. 1 · Issue 10 · June 7, 2026
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Epidemiology

In 2017, Firearms Surpassed Motor Vehicle Collisions as the Leading Cause of Death Among American Adolescents Aged 11 to 18. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

Issue 10 · Injury Epidemiology · June 7, 2026 · 7 min read

In 2017, firearms surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of death among American adolescents aged 11 to 18. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month. This week's review is for every child this country has already lost, and for every one it still can protect.

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Key numbers
2017
Year firearms surpassed motor vehicle collisions as leading cause of adolescent death
60.1%
Increase in firearm deaths from 2001 to 2022
79.3%
Surge in firearm homicides from 2018 to 2022
362.9%
Increase in non-metro rural high school firearm homicides over study period

"In 2017, firearms surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of death among American adolescents aged 11 to 18. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month. This week's review is for every child this country has already lost, and for every one it still can protect."

— CliniScope Weekly, Vol. 1 Issue 10
Recent reviews
Epidemiology

In 2017, Firearms Surpassed Motor Vehicle Collisions as the Leading Cause of Death Among American Adolescents Aged 11 to 18. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

Injury Epidemiology

Emerging Research

In December 2023 the FDA Approved the First Therapy to Use CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Technology in Humans. The Disease it Targets, Sickle Cell Disease, Has Been Treatable but Never Curable for the 100,000 Americans Living With It.

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Global Health

Two Outbreaks Are Active Simultaneously. One Began on a Cruise Ship Crossing the South Atlantic. The Other Is Spreading Across Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Has Now Reached Uganda.

WHO · CDC · ECDC

Epidemiology

Between 2010 and 2019, Cancer Incidence Among Americans Under 50 Increased Overall, With the Steepest Rises in the 30 to 39 Age Group. Gastrointestinal Cancers Drove the Fastest Growth.

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Depression and Anxiety Affect Up to One in Four Pregnancies in the United States. Pregnant People Are Less Likely to Be Screened for These Conditions Than at Any Other Point in Their Lives.

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Clinical

Lecanemab Slowed Alzheimer's Disease Progression by 27% at 18 Months. That Number is Real. Understanding What it Means for an Individual Patient and Family is a Different and Harder Conversation.

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Global Health

Fifteen Conditions Account for More Than 80% of the Global Life Expectancy Gap Between the World's Healthiest and Least Healthy Populations

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Empagliflozin Started Within 72 Hours of a Heart Attack Improved Cardiac Biomarkers and Echocardiographic Parameters at 26 Weeks

European Heart Journal

Emerging Research

A Systematic Review of 30 Studies Found That Large Language Models Can Match or Outperform Clinicians on Structured Diagnostic Tasks

JMIR Medical Informatics

Epidemiology

Nine Years of Progress in Cardiovascular Mortality Were Reversed Between 2019 and 2022

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Epidemiology

In 2017, Firearms Surpassed Motor Vehicle Collisions as the Leading Cause of Death Among American Adolescents Aged 11 to 18. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

Injury Epidemiology

Emerging Research

In December 2023 the FDA Approved the First Therapy to Use CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Technology in Humans. The Disease it Targets, Sickle Cell Disease, Has Been Treatable but Never Curable for the 100,000 Americans Living With It.

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Global Health

Two Outbreaks Are Active Simultaneously. One Began on a Cruise Ship Crossing the South Atlantic. The Other Is Spreading Across Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Has Now Reached Uganda.

WHO · CDC · ECDC

Epidemiology

Between 2010 and 2019, Cancer Incidence Among Americans Under 50 Increased Overall, With the Steepest Rises in the 30 to 39 Age Group. Gastrointestinal Cancers Drove the Fastest Growth.

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Depression and Anxiety Affect Up to One in Four Pregnancies in the United States. Pregnant People Are Less Likely to Be Screened for These Conditions Than at Any Other Point in Their Lives.

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Clinical

Lecanemab Slowed Alzheimer's Disease Progression by 27% at 18 Months. That Number is Real. Understanding What it Means for an Individual Patient and Family is a Different and Harder Conversation.

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Global Health

Fifteen Conditions Account for More Than 80% of the Global Life Expectancy Gap Between the World's Healthiest and Least Healthy Populations

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Empagliflozin Started Within 72 Hours of a Heart Attack Improved Cardiac Biomarkers and Echocardiographic Parameters at 26 Weeks

European Heart Journal

Emerging Research

A Systematic Review of 30 Studies Found That Large Language Models Can Match or Outperform Clinicians on Structured Diagnostic Tasks

JMIR Medical Informatics

Epidemiology

Nine Years of Progress in Cardiovascular Mortality Were Reversed Between 2019 and 2022

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Epidemiology

In 2017, Firearms Surpassed Motor Vehicle Collisions as the Leading Cause of Death Among American Adolescents Aged 11 to 18. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

Injury Epidemiology

Emerging Research

In December 2023 the FDA Approved the First Therapy to Use CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Technology in Humans. The Disease it Targets, Sickle Cell Disease, Has Been Treatable but Never Curable for the 100,000 Americans Living With It.

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Global Health

Two Outbreaks Are Active Simultaneously. One Began on a Cruise Ship Crossing the South Atlantic. The Other Is Spreading Across Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Has Now Reached Uganda.

WHO · CDC · ECDC

Epidemiology

Between 2010 and 2019, Cancer Incidence Among Americans Under 50 Increased Overall, With the Steepest Rises in the 30 to 39 Age Group. Gastrointestinal Cancers Drove the Fastest Growth.

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Depression and Anxiety Affect Up to One in Four Pregnancies in the United States. Pregnant People Are Less Likely to Be Screened for These Conditions Than at Any Other Point in Their Lives.

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Clinical

Lecanemab Slowed Alzheimer's Disease Progression by 27% at 18 Months. That Number is Real. Understanding What it Means for an Individual Patient and Family is a Different and Harder Conversation.

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Global Health

Fifteen Conditions Account for More Than 80% of the Global Life Expectancy Gap Between the World's Healthiest and Least Healthy Populations

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Empagliflozin Started Within 72 Hours of a Heart Attack Improved Cardiac Biomarkers and Echocardiographic Parameters at 26 Weeks

European Heart Journal

Emerging Research

A Systematic Review of 30 Studies Found That Large Language Models Can Match or Outperform Clinicians on Structured Diagnostic Tasks

JMIR Medical Informatics

Epidemiology

Nine Years of Progress in Cardiovascular Mortality Were Reversed Between 2019 and 2022

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Epidemiology

In 2017, Firearms Surpassed Motor Vehicle Collisions as the Leading Cause of Death Among American Adolescents Aged 11 to 18. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

Injury Epidemiology

Emerging Research

In December 2023 the FDA Approved the First Therapy to Use CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Technology in Humans. The Disease it Targets, Sickle Cell Disease, Has Been Treatable but Never Curable for the 100,000 Americans Living With It.

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Global Health

Two Outbreaks Are Active Simultaneously. One Began on a Cruise Ship Crossing the South Atlantic. The Other Is Spreading Across Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Has Now Reached Uganda.

WHO · CDC · ECDC

Epidemiology

Between 2010 and 2019, Cancer Incidence Among Americans Under 50 Increased Overall, With the Steepest Rises in the 30 to 39 Age Group. Gastrointestinal Cancers Drove the Fastest Growth.

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Depression and Anxiety Affect Up to One in Four Pregnancies in the United States. Pregnant People Are Less Likely to Be Screened for These Conditions Than at Any Other Point in Their Lives.

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Clinical

Lecanemab Slowed Alzheimer's Disease Progression by 27% at 18 Months. That Number is Real. Understanding What it Means for an Individual Patient and Family is a Different and Harder Conversation.

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Global Health

Fifteen Conditions Account for More Than 80% of the Global Life Expectancy Gap Between the World's Healthiest and Least Healthy Populations

JAMA Network Open

Clinical

Empagliflozin Started Within 72 Hours of a Heart Attack Improved Cardiac Biomarkers and Echocardiographic Parameters at 26 Weeks

European Heart Journal

Emerging Research

A Systematic Review of 30 Studies Found That Large Language Models Can Match or Outperform Clinicians on Structured Diagnostic Tasks

JMIR Medical Informatics

Epidemiology

Nine Years of Progress in Cardiovascular Mortality Were Reversed Between 2019 and 2022

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Editor's research & publications

Selected peer-reviewed publications and book contributions authored by Kameron Farhadi across clinical epidemiology, public health, and dentistry.

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Book chapter
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About the editor
Kameron Farhadi

Editor & founder

Kameron Farhadi

Former Dental Student · Pre-Medical Student · Researcher

CliniScope Weekly exists because the gap between medical research and clinical understanding is too wide. Each review translates one peer-reviewed study into something a pre-medical student and a seasoned attending can both learn from. Kameron's work spans 8 publications across clinical epidemiology, public health, and health policy — including one peer-reviewed textbook chapter.

8
Publications
3
Domains
1
Book chapter
10
Presentations
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