Vivek Murthy

U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence A Public Health Emergency

The U.S. surgeon general is declaring gun violence a public health crisis, driven by a growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country.
By Amanda Seitz, AP

The Surgeon General Proposed Warning Labels On Social Media For Teens. Will They Help?

Is this the way to keep teens safe from the mental health threats of the digital world?
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Surgeon General Calls For Tobacco-Style Warning Labels On Social Media Platforms

“Social media has not been proved safe” and emergency action is needed, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an opinion piece Monday.
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🍦Surgeon General Commits Ice Cream Crime🍦

There’s plain vanilla, and then there’s just plain boring. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has come clean about this weird ice cream habit.
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U.S. Surgeon General Melts Twitter With The Worst Possible Take On Ice Cream

Some people are wondering if surgeons general can be impeached.
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A New Push To Legalize Weed

As Senate Democrats introduced a bill to decriminalize marijuana, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said there was no need to lock people up for marijuana use.
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Harris, Surgeon General Warn Health Care Workers Are Burned Out From COVID-19 Pandemic

"After two years of COVID-19 and more than 1 million precious lives lost, the people we all turn to to keep us safe, to comfort us and help us heal, they have been pushed to their limits."
By Chris Megerian, AP

The U.S. Surgeon General And His Family All Have COVID

Dr. Vivek Murthy tested positive after his 4-year-old daughter came down with the virus last weekend.
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Surgeon General Warns Of Pandemic’s Mental Health Implications On Kids

Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory earlier this month about the urgent need to address the mental health crisis among American youth.
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Surgeon General: U.S. Is Prepared To Defend COVID Vaccine Rule

“The president and the administration wouldn’t have put these requirements in place if they didn’t think that they were appropriate and necessary," said Dr. Vivek Murthy.
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