Increased loneliness can lead poor mental and physical health. One remedy, Murthy says, is to invest in relationships.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy shares his "parting prescription" for the country in a letter shared exclusively with ...

The outgoing Surgeon General urged Americans to realign their lives in order to be healthier and more fulfilled.

As he prepares to end his second term in office, Dr. Vivek Murthy reflects on the nation's biggest impediment to health.

As US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy nears the end of his second term as the nation’s doctor, a final diagnosis of his ...

1964 marked the government’s arrival to the non-smoking movement. A year after the top doctor’s announcement, American smokers arrived in stores to find their cigarette boxes stamped with a mandatory ...

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned in a recent advisory about alcohol use increasing cancer risk. The advisory notes ...

Most Wyomingites Cowboy State Daily interviewed scoffed at the U.S. surgeon general's call to add cancer-labels to beer cans.

After being confirmed for his second stint by the Senate in March 2021, Murthy began advocating for loneliness to be treated as a key area of focus for public health officials, describing it as an ...

In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released a report saying smoking cigarettes is a definite "health hazard." In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a $10 million award to the family of ...

Alcoholic beverage warning labels should be expanded, like those on cigarettes, to include risks of cancer, the U.S. surgeon general announced Friday in a health advisory. In the U.S., alcohol use ...

Outgoing U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy offered a “parting prescription” to the U.S. in a document released Tuesday. “As I ...