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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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A surgeon general's warning on social media wouldn't be as powerful as good-old-fashioned parenting, experts say
The US surgeon general proposed attaching a government warning to social media platforms. But onlin…
Erin Snodgrass
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Bird flu particles were found in pasteurized milk. A former surgeon general says he isn't changing what he eats.
Store-bought milk may contain genetic fragments of H5N1 bird flu virus, but a former surgeon genera…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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There is a new disease threatening the world - loneliness
Loneliness is a pressing health threat, with serious consequences for the health and mental well-be…
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A former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'
Former US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said he got a $5,000 bill for a recent ER visit, highlightin…
Shelby Livingston
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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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Vivek Murthy is the new US representative on WHO board
Vivek Murthy is the new US representative on WHO board
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Happiness is typically U-shaped throughout your life. The US has changed that.
Social isolation is worsening young people's stress and reshaping the theory that happiness tends t…
Ayelet Sheffey,Tim Paradis
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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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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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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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Florida's new surgeon general refused to mask up during a meeting with a state senator who has cancer
Joseph Ladapo, who downplayed vaccines and touted hydroxychloroquine as a cure for the coronavirus,…
Yelena Dzhanova
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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 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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The surgeon general's recent mental health warning is something business leaders and managers shouldn't ignore, according to a leading diversity consultant
America isn't just facing a youth mental health crisis. Many American adults, including millions of…
Marguerite Ward
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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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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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Trump's former Surgeon General Jerome Adams says Biden officials must be more transparent to combat vaccine hesitancy
After leaving government in January, Adams has continued to be outspoken about public health issues…
John L. Dorman
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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-…