The Senate today confirmed Vivek Murthy, MD, as the nation's next Surgeon General as Democrats took advantage of their soon-to-end majority status to overcome GOP opposition to President Barack ...

The US Senate voted mostly along party lines to confirm Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, to serve as the 21st Surgeon General of the United States. Seven Republicans — Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Susan ...

Dr. Vivek Murthy's advisory -- the first under the Biden administration -- addresses an epidemic of misinformation and disinformation, and its pernicious impact on public health -- specifically ...

Loneliness was declared a public health epidemic just two years ago, with then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy citing links to increased risk of heart disease, depression, cognitive decline ...