U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy's new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk outlining a direct link between drinking alcohol and increased risk of developing seven types of cancer was released ...

California's efforts to protect children from the harms of social media have faced legal challenges from the tech industry.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been sounding the alarm on the loneliness epidemic for more than a year. In his 2023 report "Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation," Murthy wrote that ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — The gold and silver trophies in the China cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s childhood home highlight the surgeon general’s diverse talents, ranging from dance performances to ...

California lawmakers will consider a bill to require labels on social media platforms warning of their effects on young people’s lives.

The proposal follows a call by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy earlier this year for a national requirement for social media platforms to include warning messages.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Calm and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are teaming up to help ease end-of-year stress for Americans across the country. As part of the campaign, Murthy has released ...

Murthy said in the advisory that he didn’t view loneliness as a public health concern when he first took office in 2014, but conversations with Americans revealed that “social disconnection ...

In 2024, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for social media warning labels in a New York Times op-ed, citing data that “adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social ...

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy's new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk outlining a direct link between drinking alcohol and increased risk of developing seven types of cancer was released ...