U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared gun violence was a public health crisis in the United States. That advisory led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to create a page on its website titled “Firearm Violence in America” which included Dr.

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

The former U.S. surgeon general's 2024 advisory calling gun violence a public health crisis has been take down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following orders from the Trump administration.