Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks in New York City in October 2024. Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says loneliness can cause deep pain — and is a major health issue. Loneliness, Murthy, 47, said, ...

Americans are less likely to join civic groups, unions and churches than in recent generations. They have fewer friends, are ...

The holidays are here, and the Savior comes -- but for many, it will still be a blue Christmas, and possibly new year, too.

In an op-ed for The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said social media was contributing to an "emergency" mental-health crisis for young people.

Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways. It sounds ...

The requirements make "workplaces safer for workers as well as for customers." The Supreme Court's decision to block the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test requirement for large private businesses ...

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says he believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms, because although sites allow children of that age to join, kids are still "developing ...

Over the weekend, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was asked by the Trump administration to resign from his post, and then was replaced by his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent Adams, a nurse. Murthy's ...

The surgeon general argued it is good for people's health and the economy. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy defended the actions of the Biden administration in a Sunday interview on ABC's "This ...

Amid the post-New Year’s celebrations and thousands of hangovers from the festive season, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for a cancer warning on wine bottles, beer cans and other alcoholic ...

WASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed a soft-spoken physician as President Joe Biden's surgeon general Tuesday. While Dr. Vivek Murthy says ending the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority, he's also ...