A Rhode Island Hospital emergency medicine doctor is among those leading a national movement to address gun violence as a public health epidemic. Health reporter Lynn Arditi spoke with Dr. Megan Ranney, lead author of an op-ed piece published Dec. 5th in The New England Journal of Medicine, entitled, #ThisIsOurLane – Firearm Safety as Health Care’s Highway.

Lynn joined The Public's Radio as health reporter in 2017 after more than three decades as a journalist, including 28 years at The Providence Journal. Her series "A 911 Emergency," a project of the 2019...