Roy Rochlin/Getty Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says loneliness can cause deep pain — and is a major health issue. Loneliness, Murthy, 47, said, is “consequential for our health ...

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.

It’s something that U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called a “national epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” something that can have a profound effect on sufferers’ physical and ...

"It's hard to put a price tag, if you will, on the amount of human suffering that people are experiencing right now," Dr. Vivek ... loneliness is about the quality of your connections," Murthy ...

We had confidantes, and now we talk about contacts that we have online,” Murthy said. "But how many people are there to show ...