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 ...

Dr. Vivek Murthy served two terms as U.S. Surgeon General—first under former President Obama, then under President Biden. During his tenure, Murthy was a calm and reassuring voice during COVID ...

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.

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 ...

It’s not our goals or achievements, but our reasons for them ... people with hearts full of love can change the world. Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States ...

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 ...

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 ...

The fact that U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has no legal authority to mandate cancer warnings on alcoholic beverage labels did not prevent him, as Dry January began, to propose just such a caveat.