Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says loneliness is a health issue exacerbated by social media. “We had confidantes, and now we talk about contacts that we have online,” Murthy said. "But how many ...

In his farewell message to the nation, outgoing Surgeon General Vivek Murthy emphasized the importance of "building community" and reiterated warnings about the detrimental effects of loneliness.

"This is my parting prescription for the country I love," U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy writes in a letter shared exclusively with PEOPLE My father told me he never felt emptiness — that ...

As he prepares to end his second term in office, Dr. Vivek Murthy reflects on the nation's biggest impediment to health.

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Outgoing U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy offered a “parting prescription” to the U.S. in a document released Tuesday. “As I finish my tenure as Surgeon General, this is my parting ...

I've come to know Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, in recent years as he released one mental health oriented advisory after another, focusing on loneliness, opioid overdose prevention ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging alcohol brands to add a warning label that drinking can cause cancer, prompting a new debate about the ingesting of adult beverages. Surgeon General ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday released his penned parting prescription to the country preparing his exit as the nation's top doctor. As he closes out his term, Murthy is urging ...

As US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy nears the end of his second term as the nation’s doctor, a final diagnosis of his patient suggests that a great deficiency of connectivity has led to a ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been sounding the alarm on the loneliness epidemic for more than a year. In his 2023 report "Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation," Murthy wrote that ...

In an advisory issued Friday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol ...