She Survived 2 Shootings. Research Helps Explain Why Her Pain Persists Years Later. By Alma Beauvais, The Trace May 4, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/gun-violence-survivor-phantom-pain-research-minnesota/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fCwMGAzMd6U-Lv1H4g0Snium4k4qVr1yvl5pnCqDuI0dkHmopHiY2FDOS98liV7tMwGD-pcVwEC8PVK_5sdMWDxb0xQ&_hsmi=417054630&utm_content=417054630&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: She Survived 2 Shootings. Research Helps Explain Why Her Pain Persists Years Later In 2019, Mia Tretta, then a high school freshman at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, was struck in the stomach by a round from a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun fired by a schoolmate. Two students were killed during the attack, including her best friend, and two others were injured. When she graduated from high school, she enrolled at Brown University, the scene of another shooting in December 2025, while she was studying for finals in her dorm room. (Beauvais, 5/4)