The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website.

The HHS appears to have taken down a webpage from the Office of the Surgeon General that included an advisory on gun violence being a "public health crisis" in the U.S.

The Trump administration has removed a 2024 surgeon general's advisory on the public health impacts of gun violence and a related webpage from the Health and Human Services website. The big picture: Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States and account for an average of 45,