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.

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 ...