Murthy, a former Boston internal medicine physician, is launching a podcast and newsletter focused on helping people build ...

Health misinformation spreads faster than any virus. Those words from the current surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, capture the urgency of a moment when public trust in science is already fragile and now ...

The surgeon general’s office on Wednesday issued a warning about the dangers of screen time for young people, linking excessive time online to worse sleep issues, anxiety, depression, alcohol use and ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Friday called for a new health warning label on alcoholic beverages to highlight the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. "Alcohol is a well ...

It’s tempting to try to forget the COVID-19 pandemic. Nobody likes to dwell on bad memories. But we do ourselves no favors if we forget how the federal, state, and local governments responded to the ...

Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, issued the advisory Tuesday as the U.S. grappled with another weekend marked by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The ...

The U.S. surgeon general is warning that parenting can be harmful for your mental health because mothers and fathers face dangerous levels of stress. In an advisory issued Wednesday, Dr. Vivek Murthy ...