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US Surgeon General says his whole family has COVID, and describes their symptoms
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy tweeted Friday that he and his wife and son had tested positive for CO…
Andrea Michelson
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Vivek Murthy is the new US representative on WHO board
Vivek Murthy is the new US representative on WHO board
PTI
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Joe Biden picks Indian American Vivek Murthy to lead the new task force to tackle COVID-19 crisis in the US
Murthy’s parents Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy, Maithreya Murthy, are immigrants from Karnataka w…
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US Surgeon General says he's 'worried for what is to come' and warns that 'this pandemic is not over'
"If you are vaccinated you are very well protected against hospitalization and death, unfortunately…
Taylor Ardrey
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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says vaccine requirements at businesses and universities are 'a very reasonable thing to do'
"I think that these measures, these requirements, are absolutely reasonable," Murthy said of COVID-…
John L. Dorman
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The US Surgeon General says we're thinking about the end of the pandemic in the wrong way: 'Success does not equal no cases'
"Success looks like very few people in the hospital and very few dying," Vivek Murthy told Politico.
Dominick Reuter
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Surgeon general: Social media should come with a warning label like cigarettes
In an op-ed for The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said social media was contributing to an "emer…
Geoff Weiss
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One of Biden's top coronavirus advisors calls for focused restrictions based on disease spread instead of a nationwide lockdown
"So we've got to follow science, but we've got to also be more precise than we were in the spring,"…
Inyoung Choi
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Surgeon General warns unvaccinated people 'you're in trouble' as Delta variant spreads in the US
Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, Dr. Vivek Murthy contrasted them with fully vaccinated people, who ar…
Marianne Guenot
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US surgeon general compares the risk of loneliness to smoking more than half a pack of cigarettes a day
In a new report, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says half of Americans are lonely — a health crisi…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The former top doctor of the US shares his advice on how to stay in touch with friends and family without discussing coronavirus the whole time
Make a pact to share three things that brought you joy that day, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the former US su…
Lydia Ramsey
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Surgeon General Murthy says the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers is 'legal' and 'appropriate'
"We all in the private sector have to do everything we can to tackle this virus," Dr. Vivek Murthy …
Francis Agustin
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Fauci and a top Biden COVID-19 advisor make it clear that another US lockdown isn't happening anytime soon
Dr. Vivek Murthy, Co-Chair of Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board, said a national lockdown would be "a…
Inyoung Choi
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Surgeon General doubles down on criticism of social media, says companies like Facebook need to 'take responsibility' for COVID-19 misinformation
"The reality is misinformation is still spreading like wildfire in our country, aided and abetted b…
Connor Perrett
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Biden sends letter to Yoon expressing willingness for talks on IRA
The IRA gives tax credits only to electric vehicles assembled in North America, raising concer…
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Incoming surgeon general says widespread coronavirus vaccination may not happen until 'mid-summer, early fall,' extending the timeline by months
Health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci have said widespread coronavirus vaccination could occur in…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Biden's first move as president-elect will be to announce a new coronavirus task force in coming days: report
President-elect Joe Biden will announce a 12-person coronavirus task force on Monday, according to …
Yelena Dzhanova
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Mutant COVID-19 strain in UK doesn't appear to be deadlier, says US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
He added that there was also no proof that Covid-19 vaccines would be less effective against t…
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Biden reveals the 13 members of his COVID-19 advisory board, cochaired by a former surgeon general, a former FDA commissioner, and a Yale professor
Biden's COVID-19 panel is cochaired by former surgeon general Vivek Murthy, Marcella Nunez-Smith of…