The physician has served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States under presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. Murthy, 47, was nominated by Biden and confirmed by ...

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 ...

Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer on Friday, Jan. 3, warning that alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States ...

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 ...

On Friday, America’s top physician, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, issued an advisory that urged the nation to focus on alcohol's perils, calling for explicit warnings about cancer on alcoholic ...

The U.S. Surgeon General declared a new public health epidemic in America, loneliness. A new report finds loneliness can have profound effects on mental health as well as heart disease, stroke and ...

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory Tuesday addressing the “epidemic of loneliness and isolation” affecting the country and laying out a framework for a “National ...

Each US surgeon general, it didn’t matter if they served under a conservative or more moderate US President, agreed that the US needs to do more to address the mental health crisis.

As the 19th and 21st surgeon general, Murthy has described loneliness as an epidemic on par with tobacco use – the antidote, he says, is human connection ...

GOLODRYGA, HOST: Well, America’s top doctor is warning the U.S. faces an epidemic of loneliness. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says, even though the COVID […] ...

The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued a new advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a public health crisis.. In his announcement, Murthy also called for an evidence-based approach ...

Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer on Friday, Jan. 3, warning that alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States ...